Liverpool head coach Arne Slot is facing a touchline ban after accepting a Football Association (FA) charge following his Merseyside derby red card. The club and Slot’s assistant Sipke Hulshoff also accepted separate charges prior to Wednesday’s deadline.

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Five first half bookings confirmed the Merseyside derby still has an edge. And that was with referee Michael Oliver displaying derby leniency and restraint. Liverpool’s ten fouls to Everton’s six in the first half also showed Slot’s warning to his team not to repeat the errors of last season’s fixture had gone unheeded.