Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike says he was “disappointed” to be suspended for Saturday’s game against Crystal Palace and “it won’t happen again”.
Ekitike scored a late winner against Southampton in the Carabao Cup but was sent off for taking his shirt off having earlier been booked.
“It wasn’t smart,” said the 23-year-old. “I felt disappointed to watch the boys from home last Saturday [against Palace].
“I apologised to everyone already, my team-mates and that kind of thing. It won’t happen again. I move on and focus on football.”
Ekitike was signed for £69m in the summer and has made a fine start.
He said he has has “settled well” into his new club and is looking forward to improving under head coach Arne Slot and alongside Alexander Isak, whose £125m arrival broke the British transfer record.
“I can’t see one big club playing with only one striker, so I think it’s good that he’s here,” Ekitike added.
“At my age, I still have a lot of things to improve and learn, so for me it’s good that he’s here.
“[As for if we can play together] that’s for the coach to decide how he wants to play. That’s not me.
“I’ve been playing in a two-striker composition, one striker, so I can do a lot of things. If we have to play together, I can do that.”
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