Managers have responsibility to behave on touchline

The manager has a responsibility to act on the touchline.

There is no correlation between the behavior of elite managers and the abuse of referees.

The manager of the team was sent off against Manchester City for berating the official.

Match officials were confronted in the top flight on Sunday.

I understand that we have a responsibility.

Managers in high-pressure jobs have a microscope put on them. The decisions that go against you can be thrown at us.

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The video assistant referee was invited to consult his pitchside monitor by the referee when he disallowed a City goal for a foul.

That and the Klopp incident - which the German said had been born out of frustration at what he saw as the officials' failure to award Liverpool a free-kick for a challenge on Mohamed Salah - came on a weekend where Merseyside Youth League games were postponed amid ongoing issues with referee abuse.

Martin Cassidy, chief executive of charity Ref Support UK, says that people mimic what they see on TV and that the behavior of people like Klopp and others perpetuates the idea that it is ok to do it.

The people talk about the two men. Everyone knows the situation.

"If you try to draw a line between that and someone in a Sunday league game physically attacking a referee, that's a personal responsibility of the person who has done that, as it would be on the street."

I understand the responsibility but I do not draw that line. Managers in high-pressure situations do a good job of handling themselves.

While the issue is being dealt with with the German, who said he deserved a red card for something he was not proud of, he can take his place in the bench.

The manager of the Hammers has defended the manager of the team.

I hope he is in the other side of the field. You want to go against the best.

All of us have respect for referees. For 90 minutes, we can lose our heads.

It becomes an emotional game for a while. It's possible to change your character from what you really are.

He was correct when he got angry about the incident.

Eddie Howe said he tried to control himself when he was on the touchline.

He said that he tries not to lose his emotions because he never knows what the future will hold.

You have an expectation to make sure the game is upheld in the right way with the right spirit because I am going to be looked at by millions of children.

I am aware of my demeanor on the touch line. I don't want to lose my discipline but I have always had it inside of me.

It's not the same as celebrating." I tell my players to celebrate when they score because you don't know when the next one will come.

It's more the other way and I lose my temper in a negative and aggressive way when I celebrate. I don't attempt to do that.