Liverpool’s Arne Slot says Premier League referees are testing his patience
Liverpool’s Arne Slot says Premier League referees are testing his patience
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Arne Slot has said he must reflect on the touchline behaviour that has attracted three yellow cards this season, but he admitted Premier League referees are breaking his limits. The Liverpool head coach will serve a one-match suspension in the Carabao Cup quarter-final at Southampton having collected his third booking, against Fulham on Saturday. Slot was also shown a yellow card against Chelsea and Arsenal, the latter after a mix-up with the fourth official, who thought he was swearing at him and not Ibrahima Konaté.
The 46-year-old Slot usually cuts a calm figure in the technical area but he admits his first season with English referees has been a testing experience. “You always reflect but I think in general I am calm,” said Slot, who also has Andy Robertson suspended for the tie on Wednesday. “I don’t know if it is smart to say this but there is also a limit for me, let’s put it that way, and then I can get emotional. Unfortunately that limit is only reached by refereeing decisions or the decisions my players make. They make more good decisions than the referees do in my opinion, for my team.
“In this game [Fulham] there were a lot of controversial decisions being made and then if you are down to 10 men that works out even harder. The Chelsea game and this game were emotional and maybe I should have stayed just underneath [the line] instead of going above.”.
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