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West Ham playmaker Manuel Lanzini's appeal over a FA diving charge has been rejected, meaning the Argentine will now serve a two-game ban.

The Argentine won a penalty at Stoke on Saturday when he went down under challenge from Erik Pieters.

He is the second Premier League star to be found guilty of diving by a three-man panel after Everton's Oumar Niasse in October.

He will now serve an immediate two-match ban after an Independent Regulatory Commission rejected the appeal.

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The playmaker will now miss tonight's ELF Cup quarter-final clash at Arsenal and Saturday's home match against Newcastle.

The penalty was the game’s turning point — Mark Noble converted it for the opening goal which set West Ham on their way to a 3-0 win that lifted them clear of the bottom three.

Irons boss David Moyes reflected on the incident following the game.

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"After his performance on Saturday the only thing I said to him (Lanzini) was how well he had played. He made the first goal, he created the other two so there was nothing else we had to say to him.

"Let me be clear - I'm the first one who says 'let's get rid of diving'. Let's make sure it is not in the game.

"That's why I'm annoyed at this one because I don't think anybody could be definitely sure it was."