Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has sent a warning to Darwin Nunez that he must learn how to control his emotions on the pitch.
Nunez was sent off in a game between Liverpool and Crystal Palace for a headbutt on Monday night in a match that needed in 1-1 draw.
The referee showed him the exit in the 57th minute for pushing his head into Joachim Anderson’s chin.
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“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.”
“There is always a first time,” said Klopp. “But now he has another ‘pre-season’. I don’t know exactly how long he will be suspended. So we will use it for physical work. Not as punishment, just to make him even stronger and that is what we will try.”
