{"id":606116,"date":"2026-04-15T17:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/606116\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:12:08","slug":"harry-maguire-to-miss-chelsea-after-man-utd-man-gets-further-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/606116\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Maguire to miss Chelsea after Man Utd man gets further ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester United defender Harry Maguire will miss Saturday&#8217;s Premier League trip to Chelsea after receiving an additional one-match ban following his red card at Bournemouth last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The England defender, 33, was sent off and conceded a penalty in the 78th minute of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/live\/c9wn9j281q1t\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2-2 draw<\/a> at Vitality Stadium for pulling down Evanilson in the box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He was later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cz673788zjzo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">charged with improper conduct<\/a> by the Football Association for something he said to fourth official Matt Donohue as he made his way off the pitch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In addition to a one-match suspension Maguire has also been fined \u00a330,000 by the FA who said in a statement he &#8220;acted in an improper manner and\/or used abusive and\/or insulting words and\/or behaviour towards the fourth official following his dismissal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the full written reasons Donohue said that &#8220;as Maguire was leaving the field of play, approached me and shouted &#8216;You&#8217;re a joke. You&#8217;re all a ******* joke'&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Maguire denied in his written submission that he directed the words towards Donohue or any of the other match officials present. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As I left the field of play following my dismissal I said something along the lines of &#8216;it is a ******** joke&#8217;,&#8221; Maguire said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I am certain that I did not call the fourth official or any match official, a joke or use any other form of insult.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Maguire, however, acknowledged in his evidence  that acting as he did was inappropriate and he apologised for saying what he did.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The regulatory commission considered an additional two-match suspension but &#8220;taking mitigating factors into account&#8221; &#8211; including Maguire accepting the charge &#8211; felt one match was appropriate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">United will also be without centre-back Lisandro Martinez at Stamford Bridge after he was dismissed for violent conduct for pulling Dominic Calvert-Lewin&#8217;s hair in Monday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/live\/c2lwv150jwwt\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2-1 defeat<\/a> by Leeds, which Maguire missed through suspension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Michael Carrick said it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c145mdge2gdo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;one of the worst&#8221; decisions<\/a> he has seen and the United boss suggested the club will appeal against the Argentine&#8217;s red card.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Matthijs de Ligt is also set to miss out against Chelsea as he deals with a long-term back problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It leaves Carrick with 19-year-old Ayden Heaven and 20-year-old Leny Yoro as his only recognised central defenders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">United are third in the Premier League, level on points with fourth-placed Aston Villa and three points above Liverpool in fifth with six games left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A win for Chelsea on Saturday would close the gap between themselves and United to four points and throw the Red Devils&#8217; hopes of Champions League qualification into doubt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United defender Harry Maguire will miss Saturday&#8217;s Premier League trip to Chelsea after receiving an additional one-match&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-606116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}