Arne Slot broke his silence after he was sent after the dramatic 2-2 draw of Liverpool in Everton.
The League leaders looked at times away from nine points clearly after goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah.
But in the eighth minute of the stopping time, Everton defender James Tarkowski hammered home a last-gasp level.
It sent Goodison Park in a frenzy – but the drama wasn't there.
Abdoulaye Doucoure would be waking the traveling support of Liverpool – causing a collision with Curtis Jones.
And both were sent away after they started a massive fight between opposing players of the Merseyside rivals.
Anfield Boss Slot was also shown red because of his involvement in the chaos – and then he skipped the press conference after the game.
But for the home game of Liverpool with Wolves on Sunday, the Dutch manager spoke out, but refused to give details about his ban.
He said: “There is now a continuous process and I think I should respect that we should respect that, so cannot go into details.
“What happened was that the extra time, five minutes that were finally eight, happened a lot.
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“The emotions get better from me. I would like to do it differently and want to do it differently next time, but I don't want to disrupt the current process.”
The Premier League has removed a statement that suggests that Slot will receive a touchline ban from two games for alleged “offensive, insulting or offensive language”.
The process is therefore still being assessed, which means that the Dutchman could be in the Liverpool -Dugout while the investigation continues.
But Jones will miss the game after two yellow cards.
Slot added: “The good thing is that we played so many games. He has got a second yellow, I assume I am only one game.
“Next Wednesday there is a competition, he will be back from an injury, so he already missed a few games.
“I really liked him when he came up. It was our best part of the game, the only part of the game where I felt a bit of comfort and where it felt a little control. That is perhaps because we went up -1 up.
“I love to stand up for the team, but I think there are other ways to do that for the team and the fans.
“I will talk to him about that. But it's the same for me, I should have acted differently after the game.
“But it is an emotional game and sometimes people make the wrong decisions at an emotional moment and that is what I did.”
With Jones also out, Liverpool is confronted with more injury with Cody Gakpo to stand offside with Joe Gomez and Tyler Morton.
Slot said: “Joe Gomez is out and Tyler Morton is out. Cody is also a bit of doubt, so let's wait [to see] How he is today.
“I had to play him because of an injury, because he was right, so let's see how he is today.”
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