"While Messi famously wheeled away in celebration, removed his shirt and pointedly held it up in front of the Bernabeu crowd after scoring a late, late winner for Barcelona in a five-goal thriller at Real Madrid in 2017, Ekitike has now rather more infamously done the same thing after scoring a tap-in from an excellent Federico Chiesa assist against Championship opposition in the third round of Fizzy Cup."
"The first one was already needless and, to a certain extent, stupid, as you have got to control your emotions, seethed Arne Slot of the first yellow his striker was shown for an act of dissent. With the second one I told him that if you score in the [Bigger Cup] final in the 87th minute after outplaying three players and hitting it in the top corner I can maybe understand he is like: This is all about me.' But I'm old-fashioned."
Hugo Ekitike removed his shirt and held it up after scoring a tap-in from Federico Chiesa's assist in the third round of the Fizzy Cup against Championship opposition. He received two yellow cards for his actions, the second resulting in a one-match ban that rules him out of Liverpool's trip to Crystal Palace. Manager Arne Slot called the initial yellow 'needless' and described the repetition as 'stupid', saying players must control their emotions and credit teammates. Lionel Messi performed a similar celebration in 2017 without being sent off. Ekitike apologised on social media and faces competition from Alexander Isak.
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