Maguire to miss Chelsea clash after being given extra one-game ban

Maguire to miss Chelsea clash after being given extra one-game ban

Harry Maguire has been given an additional one-match ban following his red card against Bournemouth, meaning he will miss the game against Chelsea.

The defender was sent off after conceding a penalty in the 2-2 draw against Bournemouth, and has been given an extra one-game ban for comments he is alleged to have made to the fourth official Matt Donohue.

Donohue claimed: “As Maguire was leaving the field of play, he approached me and shouted ‘You’re a joke. You’re all a ******* joke'”.

Maguire, meanwhile, gave his account of the incident: “As I left the field of play following my dismissal I said something along the lines of ‘it is a ******** joke’.

“I am certain that I did not call the fourth official or any match official, a joke or use any other form of insult.”

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He did, however, apologise for his comments and accepted they were wrong.

United will also be without fellow central defender Lisandro Martinez through suspension and Mathjis de Ligt with injury for the Chelsea clash.

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