Footage of Virgil van Dijk reacting to referee calls in favour of Liverpool resurfaces amid VAR row

Footage of Virgil van Dijk reacting to referee decisions in favour of Liverpool has resurfaced amid the ongoing VAR saga.

Last Saturday, Liverpool star Luis Diaz had a legitimate goal ruled out for offside by VAR.

However, it was later confirmed that the officials in charge of the VAR had made a significant error when looking at Diaz’s goal.

Since then, the PGMOL have released the VAR audio from the incident.

Speaking ahead of Liverpool’s Europa League clash against Union Saint-Gilloise, Reds boss Jurgen Klopp suggested that a replay is the best solution but admitted that it will not happen.

Now, on the back of Klopp’s words, a video of Van Dijk reacting to referee decisions in favour of Liverpool has resurfaced.

Back in 2018, after Liverpool secured passage to the Champions League final by beating AS Roma on aggregate, Van Dijk was told by a reporter: “Edin Dzeko was through, onside but given offside and then Trent Alexander Arnold seemed to handle the ball so it could have been two red cards and two penalties.”

Van Dijk simply replied: “Who cares?”

On the back of last weekend’s controversy, Van Dijk told the BBC: “I’m losing faith is difficult to say. The VAR should be absolutely clear and obvious with everything they’re deciding on. I’ve seen the still back, I think on live TV there were no lines being shown.

“It’s all a bit strange, I don’t know who was in the VAR room and making that decision. It’s not a good thing, it doesn’t look well either. It is what it is, we lost.”

Whilst Klopp said: “The audio did not change it at all, I was not interested in what things happened as I saw the outcome, we scored and it did not count.

“It's really important that as big as football is and important as football is we deal with it in a proper way. All the people involved, the on-field referee, linesman, fourth official and especially in this case VAR, didn't do that on purpose. It was an obvious mistake and I think there would have been solutions for it afterwards.”

He added: “Some people probably don't want me to say, but not as the manager of Liverpool so much, more as a football person, the only outcome should be a replay. That's how it is. It probably will not happen.”

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