Diego Simeone shouldered the blame for Atletico Madrid's Copa del Rey elimination at the hands of Sevilla in the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Atletico shipped two late goals to lose the first leg 2-1 and conceded within 24 seconds of the return before going down to a 3-1 defeat, with Simeone sent from the sidelines after Pablo Sarabia scored Sevilla's third at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
Atleti slipped 11 points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona following a 1-1 draw with Girona on Saturday and will not feature in the Champions League knockout stages having finished third in Group C behind Roma and Chelsea.