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Liverpool manager Arne Slot is set to serve a one-match touchline ban after receiving his third yellow card during the 2-2 draw with Fulham on Saturday.
Slot was booked for expressing frustration at referee Tony Harrington.
The Dutchman was shown a yellow card in the 57th minute for his outburst following a tackle by Curtis Jones.
As it is his third booking of the season, he will now be absent from the dugout when Liverpool face Tottenham.
Slot had previously been booked in league matches against Chelsea and Arsenal.
However, he will be able to take charge of their Carabao Cup quarterfinal clash with Southampton in midweek.
n other news, Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will kick off FIFA’s new 32-team Club World Cup when the Major League Soccer side take on Egypt’s Al Ahly in the June 15 opener, the draw for the tournament revealed on Thursday.
Brazilian team Palmeiras and Portugal’s Porto complete Group A alongside Argentina World Cup winner Messi, whose Miami team were handed a spot by FIFA after finishing top of the regular season standings in MLS.
Messi’s former Barcelona team-mate, Brazilian Neymar, will have a reunion with La Liga rivals and European champions Real Madrid in Group H.
Twelve European clubs will feature in the tournament with Manchester City facing Juventus in Group G of a tournament which FIFA president Gianni Infantino said would “start a new era in club football”.
Paris Saint-Germain were drawn in a tough group with Atletico Madrid, Copa Libertadores winners Botafogo of Brazil and Seattle Sounders.
FIFA has had to deal with some scepticism over the need for the tournament and the chances of it capturing the imagination of fans but there was plenty of support for the competition among those at the draw.
