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 Everton defender James Tarkowski score in the eighth minute of time added on to earn a 2-2 draw on a historic night.
The Dutchman is now waiting for the FA to review Oliver’s match report before he finds out what – if any – sanction he will face.
Depending on the contents of that report, Slot could face no further action, be reminded of his responsibilities, or be charged, which would likely result in a touchline ban.
Due to the ongoing process, he did not speak about details, but admitted he “made the wrong decision”.
“There is an ongoing process now and I have to respect that,” he said ahead of Saturday’s visit of Wolves.
“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.” (SkySports)