Overview

• Referee Simon Hooper upgraded Gordon’s initial yellow to a straight red after consulting the pitch-side monitor.
• Gordon posted an apology on Instagram, saying he mistimed the tackle and had spoken with Virgil van Dijk afterward.
• Van Dijk said the decision was correct and emphasized that such incidents can happen in football.
• The dismissal carries a three-match domestic suspension for Gordon, his second red card in six months.
• Gordon led the line with Alexander Isak wanting to leave and not training with the main squad, a backdrop to the heated contest.