LONDON (Reuters) -Former Premier League soccer referee David Coote on Tuesday pleaded guilty to a charge of making an indecent image of a child.

Coote was sacked last year by PGMOL, the English soccer referees' body, after a video circulated on social media of him making derogatory comments about former Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp.

The 43-year-old had pleaded not guilty when he appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court last month.