England forward Maro Itoje could miss Saracens’ Premiership run-in after being cited for a dangerous tackle.

The 29-year-old British and Irish Lion is accused of making head contact with Bath’s Alfie Barbeary in their 15-12 win at the Recreation Ground on Friday.

Itoje, who has won 81 caps for England and five Premiership titles with Sarries, was shown a yellow card for the challenge but the citing officer deemed it a red card offence after reviewing it.

He faces a tribunal on Tuesday and should he be found guilty he is likely to get a minimum of a two-match ban which would rule him out of the league games with Bristol Bears and Sale Sharks.

The reigning Premiership champions are second in the table and could well make the play-offs, meaning any ban longer than two matches would rule him out of the knockout matches.