Van Dijk hits back at Ancelotti

Liverpool star Virgil Van Dijk has spoken out on the episode, when he got yellow card for the tackle against Dries Mertens. Napoli head coach has told media that Van Dijk should have been given straight red card for the challenge. “I don’t think it was a bad challenge at all,” he insisted (via LiverpoolECHO). “Unfortunately, I touched him, but I would never go in to hurt him or anything like that. “I had the ball and obviously with the wet pitch you slide through and I touched him but that’s football. “Unfortunately, I’m suspended now for the first game. I heard it after the game so I was a bit disappointed about that, but we have plenty of quality players to fill my gap.” he added.

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