Manchester United star faces two-match suspension risk ahead of Liverpool FC fixture

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes will have to tread carefully over the next fortnight or so as he aims to avoid receiving a Premier League suspension.

The midfielder, who scored on international duty for Portugal last week, is just two yellow cards away from being handed a two-match ban. He has collected eight cautions so far this season and any player that accumulates 10 yellow cards within their club's first 32 Premier League matches of the campaign is automatically banned for two games.

Fernandes has already served one suspension this season for amassing five yellow cards, resulting in him missing the 0-0 draw with Liverpool at Anfield on December 17. He is in danger of missing the return fixture with Jurgen Klopp's side, with United facing Brentford and Chelsea ahead of Liverpool's visit to Old Trafford on April 7.

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As a result, the skipper will have to be on his best behaviour when United make back-to-back visits to west London over the next week. The Reds face Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday before locking horns with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge next Thursday.

If Fernandes collects a yellow card in each of those two fixtures, he will miss United's clash with Liverpool and the trip to Bournemouth on Saturday, April 13. The clash with the Cherries, provided he has not collected his 10th yellow card of the campaign prior to that fixture, will mark the final game in which he will have to tread carefully to avoid a possible ban.

Fernandes, who deputised as a centre-back for a period of United's dramatic FA Cup win over Liverpool