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  "path": "/2026/04/18/leny-yoro-harry-maguire-not-playing-man-utd-chelsea-28024904/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T17:50:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Football",
    "Sport",
    "Chelsea FC",
    "Harry Maguire",
    "Leny Yoro",
    "Lisandro Martinez",
    "Manchester United",
    "Matthijs de Ligt",
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    "Chelsea",
    "Michael Carrick",
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    "The England international was handed an additional one-game ban",
    "also miss crucial home games against Brentford and Liverpool.",
    "Leny Yoro did not travel with the squad down to the capital.",
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  "textContent": "Yoro picked up an injury on Friday (Picture: Getty)\n\nManchester United are without Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez and Leny Yoro for their Premier League clash against Chelsea tonight.\n\nMichael Carrick has been handed a full-blown crisis at the back this week and is without for of his five centre-halves in west London.\n\nMaguire missed last Monday’s defeat at home to Leeds as a result of the red card he received against Bournemouth in March for pulling down Evanilson in the box.\n\nThe England international was handed an additional one-game ban this week after being charged with improper conduct by the FA for remarks made to fourth official Matt Donohue as he left the pitch.\n\nMartinez is also suspended tonight. The Argentina international saw red against Leeds for pulling Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hair, deemed violent conduct which earned him a three-match ban.\n\nIn addition to tonight’s game, he will also miss crucial home games against Brentford and Liverpool.\n\nUnited’s woes were compounded on Friday when it emerged Leny Yoro did not travel with the squad down to the capital.\n\n##  Get personalised football updates every day\n\nSign up to our daily football newsletter and choose your team to get the latest news, rumours and more about your favourite team.\n\nMaguire was handed an additional ban this week (Picture: Getty)\n\nThe French defender has picked up a knock with reports suggesting it could even rule him out for the rest of the season.\n\nIt leaves Ayden Heaven as United’s only fit centre-half tonight.\n\nMatthijs de Ligt remains absent with a back injury that has kept him on the sidelines for over five months.\n\nThe Dutchman last played for the club against Crystal Palace at the end of November with no clear timeline on when he will be back in contention.\n\nMartinez was sent off against Leeds on Monday (Picture: Getty)\n\nCarrick blasted the decision to send off Martinez and Monday night and was not impressed with news of Maguire’s additional ban when he spoke to the media on Friday.\n\n‘Massively disappointed, of course,’ Carrick said.\n\n‘I think quite a few reasons to be disappointed in a big way over those types of situations over the last three weeks.\n\n‘But, obviously, now we’ve got to move on, the decisions have been made, it’s something that we’re really disappointed with in many ways, but that’s it now. We’ve got to move on and we will do.’\n\nUnited sit in third place ahead of kick-off, seven clear of Chelsea in sixth.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Why Leny Yoro and Harry Maguire are not playing for Man Utd against Chelsea"
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