In the third round of the League Cup, Liverpool narrowly defeated Southampton 2-1. Ekitic took off his clothes to celebrate after scoring the 85th minute and was sent off after receiving the second yellow card. After the game, coach Slott talked about the players' behavior in an interview with ITV.

Slott said: "I don't really understand. Maybe I'm more conservative, but if I shot the ball into a dead corner after three of them, I might celebrate alone. But if I was giving me an assist like Chiesa, I would probably turn around and point at him and say 'This ball depends on you'.

" So I was surprised by how he celebrated, and worsen that he even took off his clothes and got the second yellow card. This is a lesson, not only because of the second yellow card. It is always stupid to take off your collar and yellow card, because any foul in the future may turn you into red. Like I said, at least in my way of dealing with things, I will first look for teammates who assist. But it doesn't matter, what's important is that the act of undressing is really stupid. ”