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Bruno Fernandes will miss Manchester United's clash with Liverpool at Anfield next weekend through suspension after being booked in Saturday's 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth at Old Trafford.
Fernandes, who has been an ever-present figure for United in the league this season, was brandished with his fifth yellow card of the season in the closing stages after saying something to referee Peter Bankes. Premier League rules state that any player who amasses five yellow cards within his side's first 19 fixtures of the season must serve a one-match ban.
The Portuguese international had been walking a disciplinary tightrope for more than a month, collecting his fourth booking of the season in the 3-0 defeat to Manchester City on October 29. He avoided a yellow card against Fulham, Luton Town, Everton, Newcastle United and Chelsea.
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As a result of earning his fifth caution of the campaign, he will be unavailable for next Sunday's trip to Anfield, robbing United of their captain for one of their most important fixtures of the campaign. It will mark the first Premier League fixture he will have missed since the 3-1 defeat to Aston Villa at Villa Park in November last year, which he also missed as a result of a one-match suspension for five yellow cards.
Fernandes, who will be available to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday night, will force manager Erik ten Hag into finding a new option to slot into the No.10 berth and lead United's midfield. Mason Mount would be a realistic option to slot into the advanced midfield berth, but he is still missing through injury.
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