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Manchester United's Harry Maguire to miss Chelsea clash after one-match ban for misconduct

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Manchester United centre back Harry Maguire ⁠will miss their Premier League match at Chelsea after receiving a ‌one-match ban following a misconduct charge, the Football Association said ‌on Wednesday.

[p]The 33-year-old England international, who ‌earlier this month signed a new ‌contract extending his stay at Old Trafford until 2027, was charged after ‌being sent off in the ⁠78th ‌minute of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]United[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bournemouth-OtpNdwrc/manchester-utd-ppjDR086/?mid=QZ5U62OH"]2-2 draw[/a] at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]Bournemouth[/a] ​last month.[/p][p][b]The FA said that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/maguire-harry/xG8v3YRA/"]Maguire[/a] was alleged to have "acted ​in an improper manner and/or used abusive and/or insulting words and/or ⁠behaviour towards ​the fourth official following his dismissal".[/b][/p][embed guid="daea1d74-7265-4584-aa7d-2c93d69ed15e" url="https://x.com/FAspokesperson/status/2044430845163851805" social-type="twitter" /][p]He admitted the charge and has also been fined 30,000 pounds.[/p][p]United will ‌also be without Argentine centre back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martinez-lisandro/GIzJAqQs/"]Lisandro Martinez[/a], who will miss the club's next three matches - against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] - after receiving a red card for violent conduct in Monday's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/leeds-tUxUbLR2/manchester-utd-ppjDR086/?mid=dG7hS9je"]2-1 home defeat[/a] by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds United[/a].[/p][p]Martinez was ‌sent off in the 56th ​minute for pulling the hair of ‌Leeds striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/calvert-lewin-dominic/0WmBe6U2/"]Dominic Calvert-Lewin[/a].[/p][p]United, who are third in the standings with 55 points from 32 games, travel to sixth-placed Chelsea on ⁠Saturday.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/manchester-utd-ppjDR086/?mid=42nywR4D"]Follow the game with Flashscore.[/a][/p]

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