Keith Hackett insists that the Premier League could be tempted to implement points deductions for manager's behaviour following the recent row between Arne Slot and Michael Oliver.
The Liverpool head coach was sent off after James Tarkowski's equaliser for Everton last month as he fumed the goal was allowed. Slot felt that Beto pushed Ibrahima Konate in the build-up to Tarkowski slamming the ball into the back of the net at Goodison Park - in the last Merseyside derby at that iconic venue.
The Dutchman was shown a red card after full-time when he confronted Oliver and was handed a two-match touchline ban. It's alleged that Slot, while shaking Oliver's hand, said: "If we don't win the league, I'll [expletive] blame you."
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When addressing his actions, Slot said: "It happened a lot and the emotions got the better of me. If I could do it differently, If I look back at it, I would love to do it differently. I would do it [differently] next time as well."
However, he hasn't been the only manager to be involved in altercation with officials this season. Brighton's Fabian Hurzeler and Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo were both sent off when their sides played each other in September.
Ex-PGMOL chief Hackett, meanwhile, has warned that more run-ins could promote new rules. "I would like to see referees at the final whistle moving towards the tunnel rather than standing in the middle looking for handshakes and any complimentary comments," the former Premier League referee told Football Insider.
He continued: "This will I feel reduce any tensions that have built up in the game. I hope that the level of fines will receive a more controlled approach by the manager and his assistant. If these fines going forward do not have the desired effect then we may see points deductions coming into play. The last time they used that sanction for an on-field mass confrontation was in the game between Manchester United vs Arsenal in the 1990s - when I was the man in the middle."
