Liverpool manager Arne Slot told referee Michael Oliver he would blame him if the club fail to win this season's Premier League.
The Dutchman was shown a straight red card after he confronted Oliver and one of his assistant referees on the pitch following his side's 2-2 Merseyside derby draw with Everton last month.
Slot was given a two-match ban and fined £70,000 by an independent Football Association commission after accepting a charge of acting in an improper manner and using insulting and/or abusive words and/or behaviour towards both the match referee and an assistant referee.