Liverpool ahead Hugo Ekitike was proven a crimson card after scoring the winner towards Southampton on Tuesday evening and there was loads of response to the striker’s dismissal
Hugo Ekitike went from excessive to low at Anfield on Tuesday evening after scoring the winner for Liverpool. The striker obtained a crimson card throughout his celebration within the 2-1 victory over Southampton.
The Frenchman discovered the again of the web within the eighty fifth minute. In his pleasure, he ran to the gang, ripped off his shirt, and proudly displayed his identify and quantity.
Referee Thomas Bramall did not hesitate to indicate the 23-year-old a second yellow card. Ekitike’s actions have resulted in a suspension for Liverpool’s Premier League match towards Crystal Palace on Saturday, leaving an irate Arne Slot with some choice dilemmas.
It wasn’t simply Slot who was stunned by the ahead’s resolution; teammate Jeremie Frimpong rushed in the direction of the still-celebrating Ekitike with a frightened expression, earlier than informing him that his actions would result in an early exit from the pitch.
Mirror Soccer has gathered all of the reactions to Ekitike’s crimson card, together with Slot’s personal message to the participant, a much-needed apology and the choice headache this has induced for the Reds.
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Slot’s personal phrases to Ekitike – ‘Management your feelings’
Arne Slot was left fuming by Ekitike’s behaviour, describing each his yellow playing cards as “silly” and “useless”. Regardless of Liverpool progressing to the fourth spherical, the Reds’ boss was furious after the match.
When requested about Ekitike’s sending off, the Dutchman mentioned: “The primary one (yellow card) was already useless and to a sure extent silly as a result of it’s a must to management your feelings, and I understand how arduous it’s in case you play within the Premier League and you’re a quantity 9 then the defender can virtually do all the things he desires, and once you push him just a little bit you get a free-kick towards you.
“However it’s all the time the most effective to manage your feelings, and if you cannot then do it in a means that does not result in a yellow card. So I feel I mentioned once I received my crimson card towards Everton that is all the time silly as a result of you’ll be able to present your feelings but when it results in a yellow or crimson then it is, to a sure extent, silly.”
Slot went on to disclose a behind-the-scenes chat with the Liverpool striker, stating he would have accepted such celebrations in a much more essential match for the membership. He mentioned: “Then I instructed him that in case you rating in a Champions League ultimate within the 87th minute after beating three gamers and hitting it within the prime nook I can possibly perceive you say ‘it is all about me’.
“However I am quaint, I am 47, I am previous, and I have not performed at this stage however I did rating a number of objectives, and if I scored a purpose like this I’d have rotated and walked as much as Federico Chiesa and say ‘this purpose is all about you, this isn’t about me’.
“So yeah, useless, not sensible, you name it silly and I name it silly.”
Ekitike’s private apology
Ekitike issued a heartfelt apology, admitting that ’emotion received the higher of me’ after his dismissal within the Carabao Cup match towards Southampton. The French striker took to Instagram to precise his remorse over his actions and his pleasure in making the subsequent spherical of the competitors.
In his Instagram story, Ekitike mentioned: “I used to be so excited tonight to assist the crew obtain one other victory right here in our dwelling for my first Carabao Cup match… The emotion received the higher of me tonight.
“My apologies to all of the Pink household. Due to the followers who all the time help as and to my teammates for secured this victory! #Reds.”
Teammate Andy Robertson echoed the supervisor’s sentiments in regards to the crimson card, because the Scotsman captained the facet in Virgil van Dijk’s absence. Reflecting on the unlucky ending to an in any other case thrilling sport at Anfield, he mentioned: “I feel scoring a purpose is all the time emotional and also you all the time get that emotion.
“However he is clearly simply forgotten he is been booked. His first one is stupidity, kicking the ball away, we all know the principles round that. Two foolish bookings to choose up and now we miss him for Saturday.”
Defending Ekitike, Robertson added: “It is foolish from his half however he is solely younger and he’ll be taught from it. Joyful that he scored however the final ten minutes have been made a bit harder being down to 10 males. He’ll be taught from it and I’m certain he will not do it once more.”
Alexander Isak’s Palace probability
With Ekitike dominated out for Saturday’s conflict, consideration switches to £125million striker Alexander Isak. The Swedish sensation broke the impasse towards Southampton on Tuesday with a spectacular strike following a defensive howler, solely to be taken off on the break for his fellow striker.
Slot had been regularly introducing Isak after he missed the marketing campaign’s opening fixtures while his switch saga dragged on. Nonetheless, the Liverpool boss won’t have to thrust his marquee signing straight into his beginning line-up for Saturday’s Palace encounter.
Slot mentioned: “Yeah, it is good as a result of it is solely six or seven days in the past when he made his debut. I simply requested, ‘Was it two weeks in the past after we performed Burnley?’ He mentioned, ‘No, it was just one week in the past.’ So, time goes so quick that typically you do not perceive how lengthy it took.
“However we received him not in the most effective circumstances by way of match health, so we’ve to construct it up. The draw back to that’s that you simply can not play a participant 90 minutes and in case you solely play him 45 or 30 or once more like immediately 45, it would then usually take some time earlier than he scores his first purpose as a result of we will all perceive in case you play a participant 3 times 90, it is a greater probability that he scores a purpose than once you play him 45, 30, 45.
“I feel the most effective second to begin to see the place he’s and the way a lot he may help us – you’ll be able to already see that he may help us – however the most effective [will be] when he comes again hopefully from the Swedish nationwide crew, when he stayed match, performed there many minutes, performs for us within the upcoming weeks a couple of minutes.
“Then I feel after that then his pre-season has ended and we will anticipate much more from him. However till now I am very pleased with what I’ve seen from him.”
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