August 16, (THEWILL) – Jurgen Klopp has acknowledged that Darwin Nunez deserved to be sent off during Monday’s 1-1 draw between Liverpool and Crystal Palace for headbutting, and promised to remind him of the need to develop self-control.
The referee quickly gave Nunez his marching orders after the Liverpool striker shoved his head into Palace defender, Joachim Andersen’s chin, 57 minutes into the match. Nunez had spent much of the game squabbling with Andersen.
It took some time for things to calm down because Nunez refused to leave the field in favour of objecting to the ruling. James Milner had to step in and instruct the Uruguayan to leave, and Klopp could be seen pleading with Nunez to do so.
“I’ve seen it back, of course it’s a red card,” said the Liverpool manager. “In the game, I could not see anything, Andersen on the floor and Darwin walking away. Then I saw it, yes it was a red card, wrong reaction. He was provoked all the time, but, of course, that is not how you should behave. He knows that now himself.
“I will talk to him; it makes no sense for me to talk too much about it now in public. When you see it, it’s absolutely not the reaction you want to see. The challenge from the centre-halves in the Premier League will do that to him. They want to have him, he’s a handful and that’s not a reaction.”
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