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Virgil Van Dijk Avoids Red Card For Challenge On Dries Mertens

Virgil Van Dijk Avoids Red Card For Challenge On Dries Mertens

He was cautioned and will miss Liverpool's next European game...

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Virgil van Dijk will miss Liverpool's next European game after being booked for his challenge on Napoli's Dries Mertens in the first-half.

The Dutch defender had initially played the ball first and that caused BT Sport Steve McManaman to give Mertens some stick for "rolling around" on co-commentary.

But replays should the former Southampton man was lucky to get off with just a yellow, with his follow-through nastily catching the Belgian forward right on his leg.


Fortunately the former PSV man was able to carry on but he did receive a lot of boos from home fans at Anfield.

Mo Salah opened the scoring 34 minutes into in the crucial Champions League clash, with Liverpool on course to progress to the round of 16 at the expense of tonight's opponents at the time of writing.

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Topics: Liverpool, Football News, Anfield, Football, Virgil Van Dijk