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Manchester United's Eric Bailly handed 3-game UEFA ban, will miss Super Cup

The Red Devil's defender Eric Bailly will miss the UEFA Super Cup against Real Madrid after a horror tackle has set the United player a 3 match ban.

UEFA Super Cup Image Source : GETTY IMAGESEric Bailly of Manchester United in action during the Premier League match

UEFA says Manchester United defender Eric Bailly is suspended from the Super Cup game against Real Madrid and a Champions League group-stage game. The defender was brought in last season and has performed exceptionally well under Jose Mourinho's Red Devils. 

UEFA's disciplinary panel imposed a three-match ban for violent conduct after Bailly was sent off late in United's Europa League semi-final, second-leg game against Celta Vigo in May.

Bailly missed his team's 2-0 win over Ajax in the Europa League final when serving the first game of the ban.

United faces Champions League winner Madrid on August 8 in Skopje, Macedonia.

The Champions League group stage begins in September and United will know its first opponent when the draw is made in Monaco on Aug. 24.

(With AP Inputs).