Diego Simeone on Tuesday was handed a one-game ban by UEFA after his clash with Liverpool fans in Atlético Madrid 's 3-2 Champions League defeat at Anfield.

The coach confronted the crowd near the Atlético bench after Virgil van Dijk scored a 92nd-minute winner for the home side on Sept. 17.

Simeone claimed he had been insulted, but was shown a red card, and the ban means he will Atlético's game against Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday.

UEFA said the ban was for "unsporting conduct."

Simeone will now not be able to sit on the bench, enter the dressing room, or communicate with his players and staff at the Metropolitano.

"They insult you all game, behind the bench, and you can't say anything, because you're the coach," Simeone said at Anfield.

"Obviously the reaction to the i

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