LIVERPOOL skipper Virgil van Dijk belittled Everton with a cheeky excavation pursuing the Merseyside derby.
The Dutch defender took purpose astatine Everton and Abdoulaye Doucoure aft a full-time bust up took spot astatine Goodison Park.
Virgil van Dijk spoke to TNT Sports aft the game
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Van Dijk had words with the lucifer officials astatine full-time aft arguable decisions were made during the game.Everton equalised precocious successful stoppage clip to salvage a constituent successful the last Merseyside derby astatine Goodison Park earlier The Toffees determination into their caller stadium successful the summer.
James Tarkowski‘s equaliser successful the eighth infinitesimal of stoppage clip caused hostility aft 5 other minutes were initially awarded successful the 90th minute.
The play boiled implicit erstwhile the full-time whistle was blown with players from some sides clashing arsenic Everton celebrated a draw.
Doucoure and Curtis Jones were some shown reddish cards for their portion successful the station lucifer clash.
Arne Slot was besides sent disconnected aft words with Michael Oliver astatine full-time, on with his adjunct Sipke Hulshoff.
Speaking unrecorded to TNT Sports successful a station lucifer interrogation a frustrated Van Dijk said: “We each cognize this is their cupful final”, suggesting that the lucifer was the biggest of Everton’s season.
While Van Dijk’s comments whitethorn person ruffled immoderate feathers, it was a immense crippled for Everton arsenic the last Merseyside derby astatine their celebrated ground.
The juncture saw fans swarming the streets with banners earlier footwear disconnected and produced 1 of the champion derby time atmospheres successful caller representation that exploded erstwhile Tarkowski equalised.
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Van Dijk continued: “A batch of battles. Very disappointing to concede successful the past 2nd of the game, oregon adjacent implicit other time, but it is what it is.
“It isn’t casual to judge it, particularly successful the mode how, but we instrumentality it and determination on.
“I deliberation the referee had a large portion successful the crippled contiguous successful presumption of definite challenges were fixed arsenic fouls and akin weren’t.”
Speaking connected the station lucifer incidental involving his teammate, Van Dijk added: “I deliberation Doucoure wanted to provoke our fans, I think, that’s what I saw.
“Curtis didn’t deliberation that was the close happening to bash and past evidently you cognize what happens erstwhile determination is simply a small tussle.”
The effect meant Liverpool couldn’t instrumentality afloat vantage of their crippled successful manus implicit 2nd spot Arsenal, but they inactive beryllium 7 points up of the Gunners.
As for Everton, David Moyes‘ unbeaten streak successful the league extends to 4 games with the constituent moving them up to 15th and 10 points wide of the relegation zone.
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