O'Shea escapes ban

John O’Shea will be available for Manchester United’s next two games despite picking up his fifth booking of the season in last night’s win at Wigan.

Had the Irishman picked up the yellow card a week earlier, he would have served an automatic one-match ban, which would have ruled him out of the trip to West Brom on March 18.

However, the cut-off point for a suspension for five bookings came at the end of February, so O’Shea will instead merely receiving a warning about his future conduct.