Jurgen Klopp has acknowledged that Darwin Nunez will need to learn from his “mistake” after he was sent off during Liverpool’s draw against Crystal Palace.
Nunez made his full home debut for Liverpool on Monday night. With the hosts trailing 1-0, the forward was sent off in the second half following his headbutt on Joachim Anderson.
Klopp recognised there was provocation but he thinks there was no excuse for Nunez’s reaction. The three games he will miss are against Man Utd, AFC Bournemouth and Newcastle United.
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“Of course, I will speak with him,” said the manager.
“Provocation and definitely wrong reaction, he will learn off that. Unfortunately he has now three games to do that. It is not cool for us but it is how it is.
“I came in and wanted to see the situation – in the game I could not see anything so I could know what happened: I saw Andersen on the floor and Darwin walking away.
“Then I saw it – yes it is a red card. Wrong reaction in the situation. Andersen wanted that, he got it but he (Nunez) made a mistake.”
Liverpool actually improved when they went down to 10 men and a brilliant goal from Luis Diaz, waltzing past five players before firing home from 25 yards to equaliser Wilfried Zaha’s first-half breakaway goal, salvaged a point.
But they could have done without Nunez’s enforced absence for the next couple of weeks as the injury crisis continues to grow with Joel Matip and Roberto Firmino missing against Palace and Joe Gomez on the bench as he was not fit to play a full match.
With midfielders Thiago Alcantara, Curtis Jones and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, defenders Ibrahima Konate and Calvin Ramsay and forward Diogo Jota and back-up goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher all unavailable, the last thing Klopp needed was an unnecessary suspension to add to the list.
“The week was crazy; I have experienced a lot of weeks but that was like we had a witch in the building,” added Klopp.
“Honestly, like every day somebody else pulled out (of training) for the craziest reasons.
“Joel will be two weeks. We will see with that. Joey didn’t start because he only trained yesterday again as at the start of the week, (he had) a little issue.
“Bobby (Firmino) couldn’t make it. Hendo (Jordan Henderson) this morning, we got the information there was a little concern about something if he plays too long, so he didn’t play that long.
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