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Diego Simeone learns punishment for red card after confrontation with fan in Atletico Madrid's Champions League defeat by Liverpool - as Reds are also sanctioned

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Diego Simeone has been hit with a one-match ban after the furious Atletico Madrid boss was sent off in their Champions League defeat by Liverpool.

Simeone was given a red card after flying into a rage which appeared to be sparked by a confrontation with a Reds supporter in the stands at Anfield.

Liverpool fan Jonny Poulter later identified himself as the man who caused the Argentinian's meltdown after Virgil van Dijk scored a late winner.

Poulter, 30, was sitting behind the dugout and video footage showed Simeone confronting him.