Arne Slot has admitted he “can’t promise” he will walk away from future confrontations with match officials, despite facing a disciplinary charge following his red card in Liverpool’s 2-2 draw at Everton.
The Liverpool manager has been charged by the Football Association for allegedly acting “in an improper manner and/or using insulting and/or abusive words and/or behavior” towards referee Michael Oliver and an assistant official after the final whistle at Goodison Park on Wednesday.
Both Slot and assistant manager Sipke Hulshoff – who was also dismissed in the post-match chaos alongside midfielder Curtis Jones – have been charged by the FA.
If found guilty, Slot faces the possibility of an extended suspension, having already served a one-match touchline ban this season for accumulating three yellow cards before Christmas.
However, with Slot and Hulshoff – who has been charged for both his red card and his reaction to the dismissal – given until next Wednesday to respond to the charges, they are both allowed to remain in the dugout for Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Wolves on Sunday.
Slot explained that such emotional outbursts are not uncommon for him, having previously been involved in similar incidents as a manager in his native Netherlands.
“Yeah, (but) if you ask me now when, I don’t know exactly,” said Arne Slot. “But we are in a business that is quite emotional.
“I’m the type of manager that likes to control as much as I can, so if my player makes a wrong decision, I blame myself because I think I can influence that.
“But there’s a part you can’t influence, and that’s mainly also the most difficult thing.
“If you have no influence at all and then you get emotional, like I did.
“During the game (against Everton), I wouldn’t say I was calm during the game but especially in extra time it was probably just a bit too much to stay calm.
“The best thing I could have done was just walk inside, but unfortunately I didn’t.”
Slot added: “I hope, but I can’t promise because I’m a human being.
“The way I am now, I would react the way I reacted after the game. But during the game I wasn’t planning to react as I did after the game.
“But these seven or eight minutes extra time, if you just watch them back so many incidents happened in those seven or eight minutes that I got too emotional.
“Instead of going inside to calm down and then talk to the referee, I decided to walk on to the pitch, which wasn’t the smartest thing to do in hindsight.
“What did I say? I am able to say to my wife and to my friends, but not in the media.
“But I do remember – I wasn’t that emotional that I don’t remember what I said.”
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