'Emotions got the better of me': Arne Slot reacts to red card in Merseyside derby

Liverpool boss Arne Slot admitted "emotions got the better of me" after his red card at the end of a dramatic final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park on Wednesday night.

Slot was sent off by referee Michael Oliver after the full-time whistle having seen James Tarkowski score in the eighth minute of added time to earn a 2-2 draw.

The Dutchman is now involved in a Football Association investigation so could not speak about details, but said he would behave differently in the future.

"I should have acted differently after the game but it's an emotional sport and sometimes individuals make wrong decisions and that's definitely what I did"

"There is an ongoing process now and I have to respect that," he said.

"I think what happened was that the extra five minutes ended up being eight. It happened a lot.

"Emotions got the better of me. If I could do that differently, if I look back I would love to do that differently and I hope to do that differently next time.

"There is an ongoing process and I don't want to disturb that."

"I should have acted differently after the game but it's an emotional sport and sometimes individuals make wrong decisions and that's definitely what I did.

"There were many things in extra time that led to me being quite emotional. There was a foul incident and then two minutes they checked, I thought the only thing would be a foul or maybe offside.

"Of course then after 10 minutes you hear their fans cheering, OK, it wasn't offside. Many things happened in the end phase in extra time but it wouldn't be smart to go into every single incident."

Tarkowski's goal sparked wild scenes, with Everton's Abdoulaye Doucoure and Liverpool's Curtis Jones both seeing red after clashing at the full-time whistle.

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