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Virgil van Dijk's Immediate Reaction To Fabinho's Panenka Penalty Is Ruthlessly Hilarious

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Published 11:06 1 Mar 2022 GMT

Virgil van Dijk's Immediate Reaction To Fabinho's Panenka Penalty Is Ruthlessly Hilarious

Virgil van Dijk joked with Fabinho after Liverpool's triumph.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

​Virgil van Dijk was involved in a hilarious exchange with Fabinho following Liverpool's triumphant Carabao Cup final, joking about his panenka penalty.

​Van Dijk and Fabinho both emphatically converted their penalties in Liverpool's shootout victory over Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. 

The Brazilian midfielder dinked an audacious panenka penalty, with the colossal Dutchman smashing home a penalty on Kepa Arrizabalaga​'s side. 

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​And the Liverpool stars embraced after claiming the first major domestic silverware of the season.

Speaking to club cameras, Van Dijk joked about Fabinho's outrageous spot-kick - saying: "No respect, we chip now!"

Liverpool fans loved the interaction between Van Dijk and Fabinho.

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One tweeted: "Virgil evil laugh though."​

A second wrote: "Loved how disrespectful Liverpool's penalties were."​

A third added: "VVD got his flow back it’s another FifPro11 spot for him."​

The entire Liverpool XI scored their penalties - even Caoimhin Kelleher​, with Kepa blazing his effort over the bar to seal victory for Jurgen Klopp's team. 

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The German boss hailed the work of two pioneering coaches after Liverpool's penalty shootout victory. 

"We work together with neuro11, I’m not sure you know about that, but in the pre-season you should have seen them in the training camp [in Evian]," he explained. ​

"The boys are training set-pieces with the [neuro11] boys. The last few weeks, each player went through a proper drill, psychological and others, to do penalties.

"Corners, free-kicks, but penalties as well.

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"So, we had a list from the [neuro11] boys – they were in the stadium, they had a heart rate that I cannot imagine – five players, then six, seven, eight [for the spot-kick order].

"But some of the players were not on the field anymore, so from eight on, they were not even close on any list. That was really exciting.

"But compliment to the boys, compliment to neuro11 - they do an incredible job with the boys.

"I’m really happy that we could win it like this then."

Featured Image Credit: Liverpool

Topics: Virgil Van Dijk, Liverpool, Football

Nasir Jabbar
Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Darren Till. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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