Skrtel 'doesn't feel guilty '
Posted Friday, March 27, 2015 by Foxsports.com
Skrtel was handed a three-match ban for the stamp on the United keeper during Sunday's 2-1 defeat to Luis van Gaal's side at Anfield but the 30-year-old remains unrepentant and is still protesting his innocence.
The Slovakia claimed that the action of standing on De Gea's right shin, as he chased a through-ball in the final seconds of Sunday's game, was unintentional but an independent panel disagreed and rejected the defender's appeal against his suspension.
"It feels strange because we appealed against those charges and still I was hit by a three-match ban," he told his personal website martin-skrtel.com.
"I didn't want to stamp on him. It was an accident and I didn't do it on purpose. I don't feel guilty.
"It was a long ball and he went towards me and I wanted to jump over him. Simple as that."
Skrtel ban means he will miss the Premier League matches against Arsenal and Newcastle, plus the FA Cup quarter-final replay at Blackburn and he will be joined on the sidelines by Reds captain Steven Gerrard.
Gerrard will also serve a similar three-match ban after his moment of madness saw him sent off less than a minute after coming on as a substitute for the second half after stamping on United midfielder Ander Herrera.
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