By IANS
London : Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo has described his three-match ban following his sending off in the 1-1 draw at Portsmouth as “unjust”.
The 22-year-old winger received a red card for aiming a head butt at Portsmouth’s Richard Hughes but claimed he was provoked.
“I am frustrated because three matches is unjust. I am willing to resist the provocation – but only up to a limit,” Ronaldo told Tuesday’s Daily Mirror.
“That limit was passed at Portsmouth. It was just absurd.”
The Portuguese player’s suspension because of the incident in the Aug 15 match kept him out of Sunday’s 0-1 derby defeat by local rivals Manchester City.
And he will also miss the home matches against Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland as United aim to recover from their worst start to a Premier League campaign in 15 years.
Manager Sir Alex Ferguson has offered little sympathy to the winger, saying he only had himself to blame for falling for what he described as the opponents’ “intimidation tactics”.
United are short of options up front as Wayne Rooney is out until October after suffering a hairline fracture of his left foot, while Louis Saha and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer are also on the injured list.