Virgil Van Dijk had a rude awakening on his return to first team football in Liverpool's pre-season friendly tonight against Hertha Berlin.
Former Manchester City forward Stevan Jovetic turned the dutch defender inside out to score the fourth goal for the German side.
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Before today's fixture, Van Dijk had not played for over nine months since he ruptured his ACL against Everton.
He was able to play for the final 20 minutes of the game yet in typical fashion there were vast amounts of reaction on social media to his return to the pitch.
Whilst some fans were joking about the Dutchman's mistake, Liverpool fans were quick to defend the player who hadn't played for so long since his injury.
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Van Dijk has three more fixtures to get match fit before Liverpool's first Premier League game of the season against Norwich on Saturday 14 August as the Premier League season starts to edge closer.
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