Arne Slot says Marc Guehi should have been sent off for Man City against Liverpool

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·8 Februari 2026

Arne Slot says Marc Guehi should have been sent off for Man City against Liverpool

Arne Slot believes Marc Guehi should have been sent off for a shirt pull on Mo Salah in his Liverpool side’s 2-1 defeat to Man City.

Guehi was booked for the challenge on Salah but Slot was left feeling aggrieved that he was not given a bigger punishment.

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City came from behind to win 2-1 at Anfield, with Dominik Szoboszlai also seeing red late on for a shirt pull on Erling Haalannd.

Speaking after the game, Slot said: “When you asked me, what do you think about the decision, I thought, what do you mean? Do you mean the disallowed goal at City, the header from us? Do you mean the penalty they got in the away game against us? Do you mean the clear red card on Mo Salah in the second half? Do you mean the penalty they got in the second half? Do you mean this decision?

“So only over two games, and the ones that follow Liverpool know how many decisions of this I can come up with in all the other games as well, only in these two games, all the big decisions that could have gone in some situation to a 50-50, or yeah, some people say left, some people say right (didn’t go to Liverpool).

“I can live with the fact, although I don’t like it, that the referee follows the rule book and Dominic makes a foul on Haaland in that last situation, which is a clear shirt pull, and he was through to goal, so he would have scored. So that’s a red card, and I think the Sunderland manager is really happy that he gives the red card.

“So that’s the rule book, and you follow the rule book. And if you follow the rule book, and you have a clear shirt pull from Guehi on Mo Salah, who for eight years is scoring that goal every single time and that is not a red card then there is more of my frustration, but I can live with the red card.”

If you like football, you say leave it as it is, it’s a goal, it’s good for them, it’s good for everyone, but if you’re the Sunderland manager, you prefer to see a red card, and that’s the rule, and follow the rules is all we ask.”