The English Football Association (FA) charged Liverpool and Everton – as well as Reds head coach Arne Slot and his assistant Sipke Hulshoff – after a Manic Merseyside derby on Wednesday evening.
A dramatic compensation by Everton by James Tarkowski from Everton in Goodison Park concluded a controversial and chaotic 2-2 draw. Abdoulaye Doucoures Provocative Celebration to the Liverpool fans in the away section after the last pipe had been hit with a thrust by Curtis Jones, which led to a mass brawl between players, substitutes, stewards and police officers. Doucore and Jones were shown both second yellow cards as instigators.
The Liverpool coaching team also lost its collective cool. The long -time assistant of Slot, Hulshoff, was released after a heated exchange with referee Michael Oliver before his boss turned to the official.
Slot would not deal with the details of his conversation with Oliver, but admitted that he should “have acted differently”. After a confusing series of contradictory statements from the Premier League, the FA confirmed on Friday afternoon that both clubs and slot and Hulshoff were officially charged.
Each team supposedly not “not ensured that its players and/or technical inmates do not behave inappropriately and/or provocative”.
Slot and Hulshoff were accused of “acting in an inappropriate manner and/or insulting and/or abusive words and/or behaviors” to the civil servants. It was also said that Hulshoff continued to act “inappropriately” after receiving his red card.
The four parties have to react to the fees until next Wednesday (February 19).
The official explanation of the FA did not contain any details of the penalties with which the slot or clubs could be confronted, although the proposal is that the Liverpool manager may be exposed to an extended ban, since it has already collected three yellow cards this season .