Hugo Ekitike's problem with Alexander Isak transfer emerges - 'Arne Slot will be fuming'

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Southampton scored a second half equaliser but Ekitike decided the tie in the 85th minute after being left with a simple finish by Federico Chiesa, before removing his shirt during his celebration and subsequently receiving a second yellow card.

Ekitike has let himself down."

The former Eintracht Frankfurt forward scored his first Liverpool goal in the Community Shield and had notched three goals in five Premier League games before facing Southampton in the Carabao Cup.



Hugo Ekitike was shown a second yellow card for removing his shirt after his goal.

"The first one (yellow card) was already needless and to a certain extent stupid because you have to control your emotions, and I know how hard it is if you play in the Premier League and you are a number nine then the defender can almost do everything he wants, and when you push him a little bit you get a free-kick against you," Slot said.

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Alexander Isak scored his first Liverpool goal against Southampton on Tuesday.

"Then I told him that if you score in a Champions League final in the 87th minute after beating three players and hitting it in the top corner I can maybe understand you say 'it's all about me', but I'm old fashioned, I'm 47, I''m old, and I haven't played at this level but I did score a few goals, and if I scored a goal like this I would have turned around and walked up to Federico Chiesa and say 'this goal is all about you, this is not about me.'

"So yeah, needless, not smart, you call it stupid and I call it stupid."

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