Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has been given a one-match ban for “unsporting conduct” by Uefa following his clash with Liverpool supporters at Anfield earlier this month.
After Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk scored a 92nd-minute winner in Atletico’s 3-2 defeat, Simeone reacted after he appeared to be goaded by a small number of home fans.
The Argentine complained to the fourth official with a number of stewards positioned between him and the Liverpool supporters.
Simeone had to be dragged away from the scene and continued his protests before he was sent off and walked down the tunnel.
His ban lasts for one competitive UEFA fixture, meaning he will miss his side’s home game against Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday (20:00 BST).
He will not be allowed in the dugout, tunnel or dressing room and Uefa regulations state he must not “communicate directly with the team’s players and/or technical staff” if he sits in the stands.
Speaking in the news conference after the Liverpool match, the 55-year-old said: “Firstly I regret the part I played. It’s clear we are in a position where we do not have the right to react and it is not good when we react.”
Simone said he “could not remember exactly” what had been, but he took issue with the “insults throughout the whole game” from the home supporters.
Liverpool, meanwhile, have been fined 4,000 euros (£3,492) for the throwing of objects
