Liverpool supervisor, Arne Slot has slammed striker, Hugo Ekitike for the pointless and silly pink card he obtained through the Reds 2-1 win over Southampton within the Carabao Cup yesterday, Softfootball studies.
The French ahead who joined the membership from Frankfurt for a whopping €95million scored a late tap-in from a Federico Chiesa to seal the win late within the second half however his extreme celebrations made the referee give him a second yellow after he eliminated his shirt.
Earlier, British report signing Alexander Isak had scored his first aim for Liverpool since he joined the membership on switch deadline day however Shea Charles stage scores for the guests at Anfield.
Talking within the post-match convention as shared by way of Liverpool’s official media, Slot didn’t maintain again as he slammed his begin participant. Slot stated:
What had been your two phrases? That was ‘pointless’, sure. And it was ‘silly’. Yeah, it was. The primary one was already pointless and to a sure extent silly, as a result of you need to management your feelings……
I informed him as nicely and I stated it to quite a few media already, in the event you rating in a Champions League remaining within the 87th minute after outplaying three gamers and hitting it within the prime nook, I can possibly perceive that you just’re like, That is all about me, what did I do? However I’m quaint, I’m 47 and previous possibly. I haven’t performed at this stage however I did rating a couple of targets and if I might have scored a aim like this, I might have rotated and walked as much as, on this scenario, Federico Chiesa and stated, This aim is all about you, this isn’t about me. So, yeah, pointless, not good. You name it silly. I name it silly, by the best way, as nicely.
Ekitike scored Liverpool’s first aim of the brand new season in opposition to Bournemouth in a 4-2 win and has not seemed again ever since, scoring three targets in 5 consecutive wins within the premier league.
Hugo Ekitike will now miss the Premier League fixture in opposition to Crystal Palace on the weekend.
