Arne Slot, manager of Liverpool, admitted that he would have to give a better example in the future after details of his expired rant were unveiled by referee Michael Oliver.
Slot lost the temperament with Oliver after the Merseyside derby with Everton, in which Liverpool was kept 2-2 after the dramatic compensation of replicas.
The Dutch stormed onto the field and said Oliver that he gave them everything – an indication of slot and Liverpool coaching team, who had the feeling that a number of key decisions Everton’s key decisions had gone away – and that “if we don’t win the league, I will accuse them.”
The FA banned the slot and its assistant Spike Hulshoff from Touchline for two games – the suspension only applies to the domestic competition and does not enter into force for the Champions League collapse from Liverpool with PSG – and has punished the former Cheyenoord boss £ 70,000.
Slot spoke to the media before the conclusion against PSG with PSG and admitted that he had misjudged the situation and had his feelings got the best out of him.
“The moment it happened, I was quite emotional for everything that happened in the last seven or eight minutes and maybe the whole game,” said Slot.
“I decided to go in place instead of staying calm, staying inside and then talking to Michael. Now I no longer have the same emotions, so I think I should give a better example than I should go back in the situation back then.
“It is clear what I wrote and what Michael wrote [in the report]. Michael has been in the news a lot lately and I don’t think it helps when I add something, now I have my emotions under control. “
Oliver was more than once in the spotlight this season, namely his decision to send Arsenal’s Myles Lewis Skelly against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
He was put under police protection in the days after the game after receiving a stream of abuse and threats on social media.
Oliver was also the referee, who was responsible for the fifth round of Crystal Palace with Millwall, in which striker Jean-Philippe Mateta received a disgusting blow on the head after colliding with the high trunk by goalkeeper Liam Roberts. The Frenchman needed 25 stitches to close an evil wound behind his ear, although Roberts was only released after Var intervened and Oliver referred to the pitchside monitor.