Hugo Ekitike receives red card after his goal against Southampton

Hugo Ekitike volition miss the Premier League game against Crystal Palace aft helium was sent disconnected pursuing his extremity against Southampton.

The Frenchman received his archetypal yellowish paper of the afternoon, 8 minutes aft replacing Alexander Isak astatine the half-time interval, for punching the shot distant erstwhile Thomas Bramall blew for a Southampton free-kick. The guardant received his 2nd yellowish paper aft helium scored a tap-in pursuing a walk from Federico Chiesa's transverse successful the 85th infinitesimal to reconstruct Liverpool's pb earlier helium took his garment disconnected portion celebrating successful beforehand of the Anfield crowd.

He was sent disconnected aft being fixed his 2nd yellowish paper of the evening and volition miss Saturday's fixture against an unbeaten Crystal Palace side.

Liverpool’s caput coach, Arne Slot, expressed his displeasure during his post-match interview, wherever helium blasted Hugo Ekitike, calling the reddish paper incidental a anserine one.

He said,

"Needless? Yes. And it was stupid. The archetypal 1 was already needless and, to a definite extent, stupid, arsenic you person to power your emotions. I told him that if you people successful the Champions League last successful the 87th infinitesimal aft outplaying 3 players and hitting it successful the apical country I tin possibly understand. He is like, 'This is each astir me, what did I do'.

He besides spoke astir giving recognition to Federico Chiesa who made it imaginable for him to score.

He continued,

"But I americium old-fashioned, I'm 47 and old. I ne'er played astatine this level but did people a fewer goals and if I scored a extremity similar this, I'd person turned astir and walked up to Federico Chiesa and said, this extremity is each astir you, this is not astir me. Always champion to power your emotions. If you can't, bash it successful a mode that doesn't pb to a yellowish card."

Ekitike has besides apologised to Liverpool supporters via his authoritative Instagram page.

He said,

:I was truthful excited contiguous to assistance the squad execute different triumph present successful our location for my archetypal Carabao Cup match… The emotion got the amended of maine tonight. My apologies to each the Red family."

This incidental indicates that Alexander Isak volition person a accidental to play his archetypal Premier League crippled for Liverpool erstwhile they look an unbeaten Crystal Palace.