Uruguayan striker Darwin Nunez, Liverpool striker, apologized to the Reds fans for his expulsion during the Crystal Palace match, in the second round of the English Premier League.

Nunez published, on his account on the “Instagram” network, a picture of his exit from the match, after obtaining a red card, and wrote on it: “I apologize to all of Liverpool … I will be back later.”

Nunez assaulted Andersen, the Crystal Palace defender, without a ball, prompting the match referee to show the red card directly in his face.

This was Nunez's first match at Anfield, in a Liverpool shirt, after his move to the Reds this summer, from Benfica.

Nunez is the second player in Liverpool's history to be dismissed from his first Premier League match at Anfield, after England's Joe Cole against Arsenal in 2010.