During the match, Holgate pushed Firmino so that the Brazilian flew over the billboards into the crowd behind them. After this, Roberto expressed to Mason something that seriously angered the defender.

None of the players was punished with a yellow card, but this episode was in the report of the referee Bobby Madley match, sent to the Football Association. The FA will decide whether to carry out further investigations.

"The club and the player are ready to provide all possible assistance to the relevant authorities in order to establish the facts," says Liverpool's statement.

"While the process continues, we will not make any further comments".

Presumably, Firmino after the incident named Holgate "a son in Portuguese" in Portuguese. According to other sources, Roberto inflicted on Holgate an insult on racial grounds.

Liverpool won the match with a score of 2: 1 and went to the next round of the FA Cup. In addition, the "reds" brought their unbeaten run against Everton to 16 matches in all tournaments - this is a record figure in the history of the club.