Bernardo Silva might miss Manchester Metropolis’s decisive Premier League assembly with Arsenal after shifting nearer to a suspension that might rule him out of the title conflict on the Etihad Stadium.
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The Metropolis captain has collected eight yellow playing cards this season, leaving him two cautions away from triggering an computerized two-match ban underneath Premier League guidelines. His newest reserving arrived throughout Manchester Metropolis’s 2-1 win over Newcastle United, when referee Thomas Bramall cautioned him for a foul adopted by dissent.
In fact, had Silva acquired even half the bookings he has deserved this season, he would have already got this ban out of the best way.
Premier League rules impose a suspension as soon as a participant reaches 10 yellow playing cards earlier than the completion of a membership’s thirty second league fixture, with the depend resetting afterwards.
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Manchester Metropolis’s assembly with Arsenal is scheduled as their thirty third league recreation of the marketing campaign, which means any two additional bookings in upcoming matches would seemingly see Silva suspended for the important thing recreation on April 18.
Metropolis face Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, West Ham United and Chelsea earlier than that fixture, leaving little margin for error for the Portuguese midfielder, who has acquired 63 yellows in his time in Manchester.