Premier League
Liverpool derby escalates-four references, coaches also see red
At the end of the game Everton against Liverpool, the emotions cook up. Desert scenes, pack formation and wrangling follow. Afterwards, players criticized the referee.
After a wild derby against FC Everton, Liverpool’s chief coach Arne Slot refused to have every comment after his red card and a total of four. The Dutch did not appear to the mandatory press conference, nor was he answered questions.
For this, his captain Virgil van Dijk criticized the referee, which in his view had a decisive part in the fact that after 2: 2 (1: 1) the fuses burned through some football professionals and for the package of packs and the use of the police and folders came to the field.
“The referee didn’t have the game under control. I think he had a large part in the game today,” said van Dijk at TNT Sports. The Reds led 2-1 before James Tarkowski brought Goodison Park with his last minute goal (90.+8) after minute-long Var check.
A provocation and the consequences
Folders were initially able to prevent Everton fans from storming the square. But only seconds after the final whistle there was a desolate wrangling between the teams: the focus of Everton’s Abdoulaye Doucore and Curtis Jones from the Reds.
Accordingly, Doucore cheered from the fans of the guests and provoked them with a gesture. Jones pushed him on it, there were desert scenes. “I think he wanted to provoke our fans and Curtis didn’t think that was right. And they know what happens when there is a little scramble,” said van Dijk.
What did Liverpool coach Slot say?
Referee Michael Oliver put both Doucore and Jones (90th+12th) with the second yellow card. Slot, on the other hand, was still shaking hands with the referee, but said something and saw the red card like his assistant Sipke Hulshoff after the final whistle and now has to watch the Wolverhampton Wanderers in the next game.
The explosive derby should have taken place in early December. However, it was postponed due to violent snowfall.
After the embarrassment in the FA Cup against the second division club Plymouth Argyle, the draw against the local rival for Liverpool is a setback in the Premier League. Nevertheless, the league leader is still seven points ahead of Arsenal FC.
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Source: Stern
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