AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic leaves the pitch after receiving a red card during their Italian Serie A soccer match against Napoli at the San Siro stadium in Milan February 5, 2012. (Photo: REUTERS)
In the 64th minute of Milan’s 0-0 draw with Napoli on Sunday, Ibrahimovic was expelled for slapping his right hand on the side of defender Salvatore Aronica’s face.
Ibrahimovic will miss a difficult game at Udinese next weekend, a game at Cesena the following weekend and the match with Juventus on Feb. 25.
Milan trails Juventus by just one point but the Turin club also has a game in hand.
Ibrahimovic has scored 15 goals in Serie A thus far, one behind league leader Antonio Di Natale of Udinese.
Last season, Ibrahimovic was banned five matches for disciplinary incidents.
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