He was the Savior of Liverpool. But he will not be able to be in the next match. Scorer this Tuesday evening in the 85th minute against Southampton in the 16th finals of the League Cup, Hugo Ekitike was the hero of Reds particularly difficult. Thanks to his goal, of course, the men of Arne Slot continue the adventure in this competition which still has many surprises in store.
If the Dutchman is satisfied with it, he is much less so from the attitude of his French attacker. Already warned for protest in the 53rd minute, the former Parisian was excluded a few seconds after his goal for removing his jersey and having shown his name to his supporters. A stupid red card that strongly annoyed his coach, who did not even throw him on his return from the locker room.
Asked about this after the meeting, Arne Slot was very hard with her player. “Useless, yes it was,” he regretted. And it was stupid. During the first yellow card, it was already useless and, to a certain extent, stupid because you have to master your emotions. I know how difficult it is when you play in the Premier League and you are attacker. The defender can do almost everything and if we jostle him a little, we commit a fault. But it is better to master your emotions. »»
“I was so excited”
Very reassembled, the Dutchman assured having discussed with Hugo Ekitike in the locker room. “I told him that if he scored in the Champions League final in the 87th minute after dominating three players and pulled in the skylight, I could perhaps understand,” he said. He replied: It’s my fault, what did I do! But I’m a bit old game, I’m 47 years old. I have never played at this level, but I have scored a few goals. »»
On his social networks, the French wanted to apologize. “I was so excited to help the team get a new victory at home that emotion took over me,” he said. My apologies to the whole Reds family. »»
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