Liverpool manager Arne Slott will not be in the technical area when they visit Southampton in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday (8pm GMT).

The Reds can move a step closer to a first trophy under the Dutchman when they move to the bottom of the Premier League.

Slott has guided his new club to the top-flight summit after his first 15 league matches, with a two-point cushion over second-placed Chelsea and a game in hand.

Here’s why the 46-year-old will be punished at St Mary’s Stadium and what the former Feyenoord boss had to say about the situation.

A 3-2 win over South Coast in our last @Carabao_Cup Outing ✊🔴 pic.twitter.com/7Y8DUAWXM7

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 16, 2024

When is Arne Slott suspended?

The Southampton game will be the only match as part of a one-game ban following Liverpool’s 2-2 home draw with Fulham.

He will be hoping for a return to the semi-finals, should the defending Carabao Cup champions see off their rivals, losing 5-0 at home to Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday.

It means Slott will be on the sidelines again when Liverpool travel to Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday (4.30pm).

Carabao Cup ties go straight to penalties if they end as a draw, with extra time only used in semi-finals and finals.

Liverpool beat two Premier League teams to reach the quarter-finals, beating visitors West Ham 5–1 and winning 3–2 at Brighton & Hove Albion.

Highlights from the last time we took on Southampton at St Mary’s in the quarter-finals @Carabao_Cup 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/kQ9PrCKzUf

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 16, 2024

Why is Arne Slott suspended?

“There were moments when I would have been given a yellow card,” Slott said after he was booked for his reaction to Curtis Jones being cautioned for a 57th-minute challenge on Alex Iwobi at Anfield.

Liverpool lost left-back Andy Roberton to a straight red card after 17 minutes and twice came from behind to salvage a point.

“It’s an emotional game and we were a man down,” he added. “It’s disappointing. It’s good to see us perform after so many setbacks.

Slott was handed a three-booking suspension as he also saw yellow during a 2–1 home win against Chelsea on 20 October and a 2–2 draw at Arsenal on 27 October.