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Slot on derby red: ‘I would love to do that differently’
Liverpool boss Arne Slot admitted “emotions got the better of me” after his red card at the end of a dramatic final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park on Wednesday night.
Slot was sent off by referee Michael Oliver after the full-time whistle having seen James Tarkowski score in the eighth minute of added time to earn a 2-2 draw.
The Dutchman is now involved in a Football Association investigation so could not speak about details, but said he would behave differently in the future.
“There is an ongoing process now and I have to respect that,” he said. “I think what happened was that the extra five minutes ended up being eight. It happened a lot.
“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. There is an ongoing process and I don’t want to disturb that.”
Preamble
It never stops, never stops, never stops. But it’s fun fun fun so we continue. Quite a week it’s been, and there’s a whole weekend of Premier League action to come, kicking off tonight with Brighton v Chelsea – does this game always have to kick off at 8pm? That’s a repeat of last weekend’s FA Cup, a win for Brighton if you have forgotten.
The key games in the title race are Leicester v Arsenal on Saturday and Wolves v Liverpool on Sunday but also a top-four battle of Manchester City v Newcastle in the Saturday 3pm slot. Then there’s a clown-car derby Tottenham v Manchester United on Sunday. Team news and press conferences to come, when we expect Mikel Arteta to discuss his injury crisis in the Gunners’ forward line after Kai Havertz’s torn hamstring.
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