Virgil van Dijk reveals what he told referee after Liverpool’s defeat to Tottenham
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Virgil van Dijk says he told referee Stuart Attwell he had made a ‘mistake’ not sending off Tottenham match-winner Lucas Bergvall before the youngster’s late strike against Liverpool. Bergvall scored the only goal of the game in tonight’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg, giving hosts Spurs a 1-0 advantage ahead of the sides’ meeting at Anfield in a month’s time.
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The 86th-minute effort was Bergvall’s first ever goal for the club and the joy was written all over the 18-year-old’s face as he wheeled away to celebrate with Tottenham’s jubilant fans. But visitors Liverpool – the defending champions – felt the teenager should have been given his marching orders for a second bookable offence just a minute earlier in the play at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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Bergvall had been shown a yellow card for a clumsy sliding challenge on Luis Diaz in the 68th minute and Liverpool’s away support were up in arms after the Swede went unpunished for a later foul on Kostas Tsimikas – which appeared far worse than his first.
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‘Listen, I think it was quite obvious that it was going to be a second yellow,’ Liverpool captain Van Dijk told Sky Sports shortly after the final whistle. ‘I think that was pretty clear and it was a coincidence that a minute later he scores the winner.
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