Jurgen Klopp has been hit with a second touchline ban of the season.
The Liverpool manager was charged by the Football Association for remarks about referee Paul Tierney after his side’s win over Tottenham last month.
Klopp claimed that the official said something ‘not OK’ to him after receiving a yellow card despite the PGMOL insisting they found no evidence to back it up.
In a letter to the independent regulatory commission, Klopp apologised for his various actions and explained that the incidents had been ‘driven by emotion’.
But he has now received a two-match ban that rules him out of an active role in the Reds’ final Premier League home fixture with Aston Villa on Saturday.
The FA conditionally suspended the German’s sanction for the second game until the end of the 2023/24 season in addition to imposing a £75,000 fine.
Separately, Klopp must also cover the costs of the independent regulatory commission alongside his own financial penalty and the touchline ban.
“Jurgen Klopp has been suspended from the touchline for two matches and fined £75,000 following media comments that he made after Liverpool’s Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday 30 April 2023.,” confirmed an FA statement.
“The first match of the manager’s touchline ban is effective immediately and the second is suspended until the end of the 2023/24 season on the condition that he does not commit any further breaches of FA Rule E3 in the meantime.
“Jurgen Klopp admitted that his comments regarding the match referee during post-match media interviews constitute improper conduct as they imply bias, question the integrity of the referee, are personal, offensive, and bring the game into disrepute.”