Nemanja Vidic will miss United's next two fixtures in the
Barclays Premier League after being sent off against Liverpool on
Saturday.
The Football Association's official website
confirms the Serbian defender is "suspended from all football until the
Club have completed 2 first team matches for a Sending Off in a match
played on 14/03/2009."
Vidic misses one match for his offence
against Liverpool - denying a goalscoring opportunity for the visitors'
skipper Steven Gerrard - and another because he has now been sent off
twice in domestic fixtures this season.
His previous red card in
English football was also against Liverpool, in the 2-1 league defeat
at Anfield on 13 September. Vidic was suspended for one match then,
United's 1-1 draw away at Stamford Bridge on the following Sunday.
This
time, Vidic will be ineligible to play away at Fulham this coming
Saturday, 21 March and the home game against Aston Villa on Sunday 5
April. The latter fixture will be brought forward by 24 hours if the
Reds are drawn to play on Tuesday 7 April in the Champions League
but the Serb will still miss the Villans' visit, regardless of the date.
Vidic's
other dismissal, in the FIFA Club World Cup final, is irrelevant. That
misdemeanour caused him to miss United's 0-0 first-leg draw with Inter
in the Champions League.
We're in trouble.........