{"id":136906,"date":"2025-09-14T14:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/136906\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T14:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:49:11","slug":"liverpool-boss-arne-slot-ruthlessly-subs-milos-kerkez-off-after-38-minutes-in-first-half-disasterclass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/136906\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool boss Arne Slot ruthlessly subs Milos Kerkez off after 38 minutes in first half disasterclass"},"content":{"rendered":"

By NATHAN SALT – FOOTBALL REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 09:49 EDT, 14 September 2025 | Updated: 10:00 EDT, 14 September 2025 <\/p>\n

Milos Kerkez had a day to forget at Burnley<\/a> after he was hooked by his manager just 38 minutes in to avoid being sent off.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Liverpool<\/a> left back was walking a tightrope after he was booked for diving by referee Michael Oliver.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As he continued to struggle in the minutes that followed, Reds boss Arne Slot<\/a>\u00a0saw enough to pull him out of the action and replace him with Andrew Robertson after 38 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is the first time during Slot’s tenure at Liverpool that he has substituted a non-injured player off during the first half.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I think that’s good management from Slot,’ former Liverpool defender and Sky Sports commentator Jamie Carragher<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

‘What Kerkez did in the first half – with the booking – was ridiculous.’<\/p>\n

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Milos Kerkez had a first half to forget as he was substituted off after 38 minutes at Burnley<\/p>\n

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He was booked by ref Michael Oliver for diving and was a red card risk from that moment on<\/p>\n

It has been a tough start to life at Liverpool for Kerkez, who joined this summer after impressing at AFC Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

But fellow Sky Sports pundit Roy Keane was not interested in hearing that he is a young player who needs time to adapt to a new environment.<\/p>\n

‘The circumstances is he got a yellow card for a crazy dive. He then makes a foul towards the halfway line and Slot knows that Burnley are playing on the counter attack, so if Kerkez makes one more mistake…’ Keane said.<\/p>\n

‘Why is he looking to go down [for the dive]? He’s made an impression alright!<\/p>\n

‘The second one [on Jaidon Anthony] is a foul, not sure it’s a second yellow but the manager got worried.’<\/p>\n

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