Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has been handed a one-match suspension, fined £20,000 and warned as to his future conduct after admitting to an improper conduct charge for his behaviour at Fulham.
The club have also been fined £20,000 for failing to control their players in the same match.
Uruguay international Suarez was pictured apparently making a one-figured gesture towards Fulham's fans following Liverpool's 1-0 defeat at Craven Cottage on 5th December.
The ruling, announced by the Football Association, comes at a sensitive time for the Reds, who have made clear their anger over an eight-game suspension handed to the striker for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra.
The FA confirmed Suarez's punishment on their official website on Wednesday.
A statement read: "Liverpool player Luis Suarez will begin a one-match suspension with immediate effect after he admitted an FA charge of improper conduct in relation to the same game.
"Suarez was also fined £20,000 and warned as to his future conduct following a gesture he made towards the Fulham fans at the end of the fixture."
The suspension means Suarez will be absent for the Reds' game at home to Newcastle on Friday.
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