Wolves boss Vitor Pereira believes Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate deserved a second yellow card and was sent off in the first half of his side’s 2-1 defeat at Anfield.
“We have to play in the first half as well as we did in the second half. That’s what I want to see in my team. Character, courage and character. That’s what I saw in the second half.”
“Wolves woke up at half-time and สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน played fearlessly. Playing, pressing, creating problems. Even the best players in the world, if you put them under pressure, they make mistakes. This is what we have to do in the future, not in the first half, but in the second half. We took risks, played bravely and played our way. Then I don’t care about the result.”
“I don’t care about other teams, whether it’s Liverpool or Chelsea, I don’t care. I just focus on my team.”
Asked if Konaté deserved the red card, Pereira said: “I’m not a referee, but it’s right for me. What I say now doesn’t change anything, but in my opinion it should have been a second yellow card.”
Slot then admitted that the danger of a second yellow was why he decided to substitute the centre-back.
“I took him off because of that. I saw him getting his first yellow – that for me was a soft yellow,” Slot said.
“If he got his second one for a shoulder push that would have again been a soft yellow so he would have been sent off for two soft yellows. I think the referee felt the same and that’s why he didn’t [book him again].”