Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was thankful teenage left-back Yasser Larouci did not appear to be seriously injured after being “hit full throttle” by Sevilla defender Joris Gnagon’s horrendous red-card tackle on a hot-headed night in sweltering Boston.
Sevilla were annoyed that Larouci played on when one of their players was down, but there can be no excuse for Gnagon’s frustrated kick, which launched 18-year-old Larouci into the air and led to him being carried off on a stretcher.
“It is much too early in the season to create headlines by saying the things I think about the situation,” Klopp said after the game, which Liverpool lost 2-1.
The German manager was watching his words, but midfielder James Milner described the challenge – for which Gnagon has apologised – as a “disgrace”. Read more