DJ Booking Upsets Sanchez

Last updated : 27 March 2005 By Brian Cartlidge

The Blues midfielder picked up his second booking of the qualifiers when he angrily kicked the ball away after the award of an England free-kick 50 minutes into the match at Old Trafford.

The caution now rules DJ out of Northern Ireland's must-win game against Poland on Wednesday night and Sanchez was far from pleased with the Blues midfielder picking up a yellow card for such petulance.

"We can't afford to lose a player for kicking the ball away," the Northern Ireland manager said after the game.

"We are a small nation with a small group of players and we can ill-afford to lose players through suspension."