Liverpool boss Arne Slot has been handed a two-game touchline ban plus a £70,000 positive after his pink card on the finish of the Merseyside derby earlier this month.
The ban means he shall be absent from the touchline for Liverpool’s sport with Newcastle on Wednesday night time plus their subsequent Premier League sport at house to Southampton on March 8. Liverpool have been knowledgeable of the FA’s resolution on Tuesday.
Slot was seen shaking arms with referee Michael Oliver after the dramatic 2-2 draw at Everton, with the Dutchman saying one thing to the official earlier than he was proven a pink card.
The FA deemed that Slot acted in “an improper manner and/or used insulting and/or abusive words and/or behaviour towards both the match referee and an assistant referee after the match had finished.” The Liverpool boss admitted the cost.
Slot’s assistant Sipke Hulshoff was additionally a straight pink as nicely after the ultimate whistle and has been given a two-match touchline suspension and £7,000 positive.
The FA deemed he acted in “an improper manner and/or used insulting and/or abusive words and/or behaviour towards a match official after being sent off.”
Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones was additionally proven a pink card post-match, after selecting up a second yellow when he clashed with Everton’s Abdoulaye Doucoure.
Everton and Liverpool have additionally been given £65,000 and £50,000 fines respectively after their gamers “did not behave in an improper and/or provocative way following the final whistle”.
What Slot mentioned after his pink card
Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot talking on February 14, two days after his Merseyside derby pink card.
“Emotions got the better of me. If I could do that differently, if I look back I would love to do that differently, and I hope to do that differently next time.
“I feel what occurred was that the additional 5 minutes ended up being eight. It occurred so much.
“I ought to have acted in a different way after the sport, but it surely’s an emotional sport and typically people make flawed selections and that is undoubtedly what I did.
On Curtis Jones’ pink card: “I like a lot that he stands up for the team, but there are also other ways for the team and fans to do that.
“I’ll speak with him about that. It’s the identical for me, I ought to have acted in a different way after the sport as nicely.”