{"id":206309,"date":"2025-10-07T05:28:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/206309\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T05:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:28:24","slug":"red-card-wont-happen-again-ekitike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/206309\/","title":{"rendered":"Red card ‘won’t happen again’ – Ekitike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike says he was “disappointed” to be suspended for Saturday’s game against Crystal Palace<\/a> and “it won’t happen again”.<\/p>\n

Ekitike scored a late winner against Southampton<\/a> in the Carabao Cup but was sent off for taking his shirt off having earlier been booked.<\/p>\n

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“It wasn’t smart,” said the 23-year-old. “I felt disappointed to watch the boys from home last Saturday [against Palace].<\/p>\n

“I apologised to everyone already, my team-mates and that kind of thing. It won’t happen again. I move on and focus on football.”<\/p>\n

Ekitike was signed for \u00a369m in the summer and has made a fine start.<\/p>\n

He said he has has “settled well” into his new club and is looking forward to improving under head coach Arne Slot and alongside Alexander Isak, whose \u00a3125m arrival broke the British transfer record.<\/p>\n

“I can’t see one big club playing with only one striker, so I think it’s good that he’s here,” Ekitike added.<\/p>\n

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“At my age, I still have a lot of things to improve and learn, so for me it’s good that he’s here.<\/p>\n

“[As for if we can play together] that’s for the coach to decide how he wants to play. That’s not me.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been playing in a two-striker composition, one striker, so I can do a lot of things. If we have to play together, I can do that.”<\/p>\n

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