Littlejohn, who joined Ladies’s Tremendous League 2 aspect Crystal Palace in the summertime, will now be out of motion till after the winter break.

She is going to miss second-tier Palace’s assembly with European champions Arsenal within the League Cup quarter-finals on December 19.

Littlejohn can even miss the FA Cup second spherical tie with Lewes, and three WSL2 matches towards Birmingham, Bristol Metropolis and Sheffield United.

The veteran midfielder has mentioned she “regretted” the incident with Wales worldwide Cain.

“Clearly I remorse letting my feelings spill over on the pitch,” she mentioned at a media convention with Republic of Eire throughout the worldwide break. “I am fairly an emotional individual and participant.

“That is not who I need to be on the pitch, so I’ll study from it and transfer ahead.”

Republic of Eire supervisor Carla Ward mentioned Littlejohn had been topic to an “outpouring” of “disgusting” abuse after the incident.

“She is a human being,” mentioned Ward, who beforehand managed Littlejohn at Aston Villa and Birmingham Metropolis. “She’s somebody’s daughter and sister. It is not OK.

“I have a look at Ruesha – and it is not simply because I’ve received a long-standing relationship together with her. A number of the stuff I’ve seen this week has been disgusting.

“She has acknowledged it was a second that she deeply regrets.

“We’re not speaking about defending the incident right here. We’re speaking about what follows and we have to do extra to guard gamers.”