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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he will “try absolutely everything” to avoid picking up a yellow card in his side’s clash against Aston Villa on Monday.
Klopp is on two yellow bookings for the season and if he does pick up his third of the campaign, he could miss his final game at Anfield as Liverpool’s manager.
He said: “I’ve known that for a long time.
For six, it is a two-match ban, for nine you are banned for three games and for 12 individual bookings, you are given a charge of misconduct.
Match officials have the power to issue occupants in the technical area either yellow or red cards under the laws of the game.
The Football Association (FA) allows match officials to issue these bookings in the following competitions:
Premier League.
A number of managers have picked up yellow cards this season (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
Unlike players, however, there is no cut-off point for bookings for technical area occupants in the Premier League
The FA says that “play-off matches (semi-finals and finals) in the EFL and NLS Steps 1-4, as well as finals of the FA Cup, EFL Cup, EFL Trophy, FA Trophy, Women’s FA Cup, and The FA Women’s Continental League Cup are exempt from any automatic touchline ban for the accumulation of cautions by technical area occupants”.
The Premier League is not included in this to ensure fairness
As a result, there is no amnesty on technical area bookings, meaning some managers are at risk heading into the final fixtures of the 2023-24 season.
What happens if you have a touchline ban?
The FA says that if someone has a touchline ban, the following rules apply:
The individual may only communicate with those in the dugout by either phone or a ‘runner’
The individual cannot communicate with the team from 30 minutes prior to the game until 30 minutes after the game if an ‘extended’ touchline ban is imposed
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