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Everton came out well off this Saturday from the classic against Liverpool, after a 2-2 draw that keeps them in the lead in the Premier League, but there were several collateral damage along the way.
Ancelotti has lost Richarlison, a key man in attack, to a violent foul that just cost him a direct red card.
The action was so dangerous that by sheer luck it did not end in a serious injury for the attacked, the also Brazilian Thiago Alcántara. That is why the Everton striker publicly excused himself, who when watching the video understood the dimension of the risk that he made his opponent run.
“Everyone who knows my background knows that I have never been a violent player. What happened today was a fatality from sheer excess of dedication. I didn’t go in with the intention of injuring Thiago. When I saw that I was going to collide with him, I raised my foot and hit him with my knee, being inevitable due to the speed of the play, “he wrote on his Twitter account.
“I already sent him a message apologizing and I also do it here publicly. I hope he has not been injured and that everything is fine. I also apologize to my teammates, my club and my fans for leaving them with one less at the end of the game. Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do to change what happened, other than reflect, work and move on, “added Richarlison, sorry for the action.
In the same duel, Virgil van Dijk from Liverpool was seriously injured, a team that rightly protested the millimeter offside that snatched the victory in the classic.
