KEANO FACES A SEMI-FINAL BAN

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Roy Keane is walking a disciplinary tightrope ahead of Manchester United's must-win FA Cup semi-final.

The Reds' influential skipper is one yellow card away from a two-match ban and manager Sir Alex Ferguson must decide whether to keep him out of harm's way for Saturday's Premiership trip to Norwich.

The Millennium Stadium date with Newcastle is a week on Sunday and represents United's final chance to salvage some silverware from a campaign that has collapsed.

It leaves the 33-year-old Irishman needing to tread carefully in East Anglia after he picked up his ninth domestic booking of the campaign against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday for a 76th minute foul on Steven Reid.

A two-match suspension would kick in if Keane fell foul of referee Howard Webb on Saturday, because players get an extra game's punishment if they accumulate ten bookings before the second Saturday in April.

A ban would start seven days later, taking in the semi-final and the Premiership match at Everton on April 20.

However, if the Reds' skipper can survive at Carrow Road, then picks up a yellow card in the remainder of the season, he will only receive a warning from the FA and no suspension.