Liverpool coach Arne Slot will not be in the technical area when his side visit Southampton in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday (8pm GMT).
The Reds can move one step closer to a first trophy under the Dutchman when they take on the bottom of the Premier League.
Slot has led his new club to the top of the top flight after his first 15 league games with a two-point lead and a game in hand over second-placed Chelsea.
Here’s why the 46-year-old will serve a penalty at St. Mary’s Stadium and what the former Feyenoord coach had to say about the situation.
A 3-2 win on the south coast in our last game @Carabao_Cup Trip ✊🔴 pic.twitter.com/7Y8DUAWXM7
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 16, 2024
When will Arne Slot be suspended?
The game against Southampton will be the only game Slot will have to miss due to a match suspension following Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Fulham.
He will be hoping for a return to the semi-finals when the defending Carabao Cup champions beat opponents who lost 5-0 at home to Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday.
That means Slot will be on the sidelines again when Liverpool take on Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday (4.30pm).
The Carabao Cup match will go straight to penalties if it ends in a draw. Extra time is only used in the semi-finals and finals.
Liverpool beat two Premier League teams to reach the quarter-finals, beating visitors West Ham 5-1 and winning 3-2 at Brighton & Hove Albion.
Highlights from our last quarter-final game against Southampton at St Mary’s @Carabao_Cup 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/kQ9PrCKzUf
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 16, 2024
Why is Arne Slot suspended?
“There were a few moments where I could have gotten a yellow card,” Slot said after being booked for his reaction to Curtis Jones’s 57th-minute caution for a foul on Alex Iwobi at Anfield.
Liverpool lost left-back Andy Roberton to a red card after 17 minutes and twice came from behind to salvage a point.
“It’s an emotional game and we were inferior,” he added. “It’s annoying. It’s nice to see our performance after so many setbacks.”
Slot was suspended for three yellow cards because he also received yellow cards in his team’s 2-1 home win against Chelsea on October 20 and in their 2-2 draw at Arsenal on October 27.
