“That was the situation. The ‘no foul’ on Mo [Salah], free-kick for Spurs then the goal, then we score. I should be happy but I was still angry I couldn’t get close to the fourth official, I felt my muscle. That’s it. Then, when Paul Tierney came over to me, I didn’t expect a red. I expected yellow. He said to me: ‘For me it’s red but because of him [the fourth official], it’s yellow’. I said: ‘Red card for what?’
“I went in, tried to calm down and couldn’t when I spoke to [the] press. Then I said that what he said was not okay. I thought it wasn’t okay because it wasn’t a red but I opened the box with that. I should’ve just said he said it was a red card, the rest was how I felt at that moment.”
He went on to admit: “I shouldn’t have said what I said but I didn’t lie. It’s not my hands what goes on now. We won a game in a spectacular manner and the only headlines I created [were negative].
“We expect a reaction because everyone tells us something will come. I probably have to expect a punishment. Refs think I questioned their integrity which if I am sitting here now calm, I don’t do. The red card against [Manchester] City was the same spot and player, Mo Salah involved.”
