Overview

• Ekitike scored an 85th-minute winner against Southampton in the Carabao Cup before receiving a second yellow for removing his shirt after an earlier caution for dissent.
• He will miss Liverpool’s upcoming Premier League trip to Crystal Palace as the automatic one-match ban takes effect.
• The Daily Mail, cited by other outlets, reports the club is likely to fine him two weeks’ wages, a sanction Liverpool have not confirmed.
• Arne Slot criticized the conduct as “stupid” and “needless,” while vice-captain Andy Robertson called the cautions “silly” and said he expects the player to learn from it.
• Reports say Jeremie Frimpong confronted Ekitike on the pitch and the striker later issued a social-media apology, as coverage also noted past booking issues for similar celebrations by Roberto Firmino.