Slot given two-match touchline ban following Everton purple card

Slot given two-match touchline ban following Everton purple card

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has been given a two-match touchline ban by the FA following his purple card after the ultimate whistle of their 2-2 draw at Everton earlier in February.

Slot was despatched off for his conduct after approaching referee Michael Oliver after full-time at Goodison Park and was one among three proven a purple card after the whistle, alongside Curtis Jones and Abdoulaye Doucoure.

Slot will now be absent from the touchline for the house video games towards Newcastle United and Southampton, although he’s allowed to get again within the dugout for the Champions League spherical of 16 first leg towards Paris Saint-Germain.

Having accepted the cost, Slot has additionally been fined £70,000, whereas assistant coach Sipke Hulshoff was additionally banned for 2 matches and fined £7,000.

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Each Liverpool and Everton had been respectively fined £65,000 and £50,000 for failing to regulate their gamers after the approaching collectively.

The flashpoint within the match got here after James Tarkowski’s 98th-minute equaliser, which had sparked wild scenes inside Goodison Park, although Liverpool believed it ought to have been dominated out for a push on Ibrahima Konate.

Whereas the objective was checked by VAR, it was not disallowed and Slot spoke with one of many assistant referees straight after the ultimate whistle earlier than shaking palms with Oliver, who despatched him and assistant Hulsoff off.

Slot’s purple meant that he was unable to talk to the media after the match, however he later spoke about his annoyance on the quantity of stoppage time performed after simply 5 minutes had been introduced.