Espanyol have lodged an official complaint to the Spanish FA against Barcelona starting Robert Lewandowski in their La Liga clash on New Year’s Eve.
The 34-year-old striker was slapped with a three-match suspension following his red card in Barca's 2-1 win away to Osasuna on November 8. Lewandowski was sent off for just the second time in his prestigious career, having picked up two yellow cards in the first half of the hotly-contested La Liga clash - during which teammate Gerard Pique also saw red, despite not even playing.
That red card would have led to a one-match suspension, but Lewandowski was initially handed a three-match ban in total due to a gesture he made while walking off the pitch. The Poland captain had responded to being sent off by touching his nose and pointing towards the match referee, Jesus Gil Manzano, a gesture which was deemed arrogant and disrespectful.
