Wayne Rooney took the rare step of urging the FA to take action against a fellow player after he called on the game’s governing body to charge the Bournemouth defender Tyrone Mings with violent conduct for stamping on Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the 1-1 draw.

However, Manchester United’s leading scorer – who missed a penalty that could have won the game – could also face a three-match ban, ruling him out of next Monday’s FA Cup quarter-final at Chelsea, for elbowing Mings seconds later, although both men protested their innocence.

The referee, Kevin Friend, did send off Bournemouth’s captain, Andrew Surman, for shoving Ibrahimovic, but only after Rooney and the fourth official pointed out that he had booked the midfielder twice. Bournemouth’s assistant manager, Jason Tindall, who protested on the pitch at half-time, was also dispatched. Friend, who awarded both sides a penalty, gave Ibrahimovic, who had already been booked, a ticking-off and did not take any action against Mings.

“In fairness, I don’t think the referee saw Tyrone Mings trying to stamp on Zlatan’s head,” Rooney said. “I think it’s wrong in football [trying to stamp on another player]. Everyone likes to see tackles in the game but to try to stamp on someone’s head is wrong and there’s no place for it. I’m sure there will be punishment.”

Tyrone Mings appears to stamp on Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s head in front of Wayne Rooney. Photograph: Sky Sports screengrab

Mings insisted the contact was entirely accidental, saying: “I would never do that. That’s not in my game. Hard and fair is how I like to tackle but off-the-ball stuff like that isn’t in my game. He [Ibrahimovic] is a physical player. There was