Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney says it would be useless to appeal against Saturday's red card as he apologised for the incident.
The 28-year-old was sent off by referee Lee Mason against West Ham United and will not feature for the Red Devils in October, making his return for the Manchester derby on November 2.
"I knew at the time that I misjudged it," said Rooney.
"It is a red card and I don't think it will benefit anyone to appeal against the decision.
"It was probably the right decision. I saw the West Ham player making a counter-attack and I tried to break-up the play but I just misjudged it.
"I apologised to the lads. It was a dangerous situation in that they were trying to break on us but I have no complaints.
"I have tried to trip him up and, to be fair to him, he got further away from me and that is why my leg is straighter than it should have been.
"As he pushed the ball away, my leg has straightened out and that is obviously why the referee has deemed it as a red card."
