Virgil van Dijk's furious eight-word response when asked again about the referee after England defeat

Virgil van Dijk was left furious when he was asked about the referee after Netherlands' 2-1 Euro 2024 semi-final defeat to England.

Van Dijk and his Dutch team-mates tasted defeat in Dortmund after Ollie Watkins' injury time winner.

They had earlier taken the lead after just seven minutes through Xavi Simons' long-distance strike, before Harry Kane equalised from the penalty spot on 18 minutes.

The award of the penalty was controversial, with Gary Neville calling it a 'disgraceful decision'.

Referee Felix Zwayer initially deemed the incident, which saw contact between Kane and Denzel Dumfries inside the area, as not worthy of a penalty kick.

But VAR sent the official over to the monitor, with Zwayer then decided to award the penalty.

Speaking after the match, a furious Van Dijk confirmed that the referee immediately walked off the field at play at full-time - effectively claiming that he did not want to face the Dutch players and manager Ronald Koeman.

But when asked again about the integrity of the referee, Van Dijk simply replied: "Are you trying to get me into trouble?"

Koeman was less magnanimous towards VAR after the incident, and accused the technology of 'destroying football'.

He said: "This is not a penalty. His [Dumfries] only intention was to block a shot. Harry Kane then shoots, and their feet collide.

"Football is getting destroyed by these types of decisions by VAR. This penalty would not have been given in England.

"What should you do as a defender? I thought the referee whistled for a lot of silly things, but that's not why we lose.

"In general, I am very proud. We started well, but England got on top in midfield and we had to change things.

"I thought we were the better team, but they scored a killer goal in the 91st minute."