Arne Slot has issued a response after the FA revealed the details behind the Liverpool head coach’s Merseyside derby outburst which earned him a two-game touchline ban.
Slot was slapped with a suspension after Oliver reported that the Dutchman had approached him and launched an expletive-laden tirade after the game last month.
Slot was not keen to delve too much into the issue after being asked about it during his pre-PSG press conference on Tuesday. He said: “The moment it happened I was quite emotional for everything that had happened in the last seven or eight minutes, or maybe during the whole game. I chose to go on the pitch instead of staying calm, going inside and then talking to Michael.
“I don’t have these same emotions anymore, so now I think I should set a better example than I set back then and don’t go into this situation again. It’s clear what I have said, and what Michael has written and what I have written.
“I think Michael has been in the news quite a lot recently and I don’t think it helps if I add something to that now I have my emotions under control.”
An FA statement issued earlier on Tuesday revealed the details in Oliver’s match report. “It was reported by the Referee that following the full-time whistle, he was approached by LFC’s Arne Slot (“AS”) who had entered the field of play to confront the Referee and the Match Officials team. Tensions were running high.
“It was alleged that AS’ manner was confrontational and aggressive. It was alleged that he initially used abusive words whilst shaking the Referee’s hand including that the Referee had ‘f****** give them everything’ and that AS hoped that the Referee ‘was proud of that performance’.
“The Referee thereafter confirms (having reviewed the video footage to clarify) that he was approached again by AS around one minute later. In this exchange, AS once again shook the Referee’s hand and said ‘If we don’t win the league, I’ll f****** blame you’. It is then further alleged that AS turned to the Assistant Referee and shouted twice that it was ‘a f****** disgrace’.
