The FA have officially levelled their charges against Liverpool, Everton, Arne Slot and assistant Sipke Hulshoff.
This follows both clubs’ respective failures to control players and staff during the direct aftermath of the Merseyside derby.
Ugly scenes followed the full-time whistle as Everton secured a dramatic stoppage time winner courtesy of a close-range volley from Blues defender James Tarkowski.
Prior to that point, Mo Salah’s second-half winner had been destined to secure maximum points for the visitors and seal a damning record as the final goal registered at Goodison Park in the derby (ahead of the Toffees’ move to Bramley-Moore Docks in 2025/26).
Curtis Jones took exception to Abdoulaye Doucoure’s ill-advised decision to celebrate in front of Liverpool’s travelling fans, sparking a brawl close to the touchline.
What has the FA charged Arne Slot with?
In an official statement relayed on X (formerly Twitter) by Ben Jacobs, the FA have charged Arne Slot for “allegedly acting in an improper manner and/or used insulting and/or abusive words and/or behaviour towards both the match referee and an assistant referee”.
Everton, Liverpool, Arne Slot and Sipke Hulshoff have all been charged by The FA following the Merseyside Derby on Wednesday.
🗣️ “It is alleged that both clubs failed to ensure their players and/or technical area occupants did not behave in an improper and/or provocative way… pic.twitter.com/GJxLiHve2F— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) February 14, 2025
This follows live footage of an incident in which on-pitch official Michael Oliver can be seen handing the Dutch head coach his marching orders after a post-match handshake.
It’s still not clear what exactly the former Feyenoord boss said that was so offensive to the officiating team. However, given Slot’s humble press conference admission of having let ’emotions got the better of me’, it’s probably fair to assume that Liverpool won’t be overly keen to challenge the outcome of this review.
With the deadline for a response set for after the Wolves game, there’s also pressure to get the disciplinary cogs turning ahead of two key upcoming trips to face Aston Villa and Manchester City.
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What did he say that was so bad? I’d have said “ur a dickhead oliver!” myself. That was a very bad day for refs but the fact of the matter is that it does not affect our moral. It actually make us realize that this is an uphill battle and officials will try to give shitty every chance to catch up. You heard right. I did not say Arsenal as they’re in the same boat as us!
The biased refs assigned to these games, along with the VAR, should be accounted for.. it’s common knowledge that they have their own pet teams and Olivier wears Blue. Traversty .
If it was me on that pitch with Michael Oliver instead of Arne slot I’d have said a lot more than what he actually said cos the referee lost control of the match he didn’t know what he was doing an he was supposed to be giving them 5 minutes stoppage time at the end of the match that turned into 8 minutes more time plus they were clearly offside plus the liverpool players were fouled aswel liverpool fc were playing against the 11 players off Everton plus the ref who was a 12th man for the Everton team but they’ve got to come to anfield yet an then we will see why liverpool fc is the best team in Merseyside in fact liverpool fc are the best team in the world