Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk didn’t have the perfect of nights for the Netherlands on Friday.
The Reds and Oranje skipper was despatched off throughout his nation’s Nations League encounter with Hungary on the Ferenc Puskas Stadium.
Van Dijk acquired his marching orders within the 79th minute for a second yellow card, although it didn’t cease the Dutch from salvaging a 1-1 attract Budapest.
Roland Sallai opened the scoring for Hungary within the twentieth minute as he related with a Zsolt Nagy cross to fireplace in a volley previous Bart Verbruggen.
The Netherlands probed for an equaliser however had been left with a mountain to climb after Van Dijk acquired two yellows within the area of 10 minutes.
Regardless of this, the Oranje equalised within the 82rd minute as Denzel Dumfries, who took the Liverpool man’s armband, headed house from a Cody Gakpo supply.
Talking after the sport, Van Dijk shared what his plans are in wake of the sending-off, which guidelines him out of Monday’s journey to Munich to face Germany.
Theoretically, he might return to Liverpool straight away, as he can now not play an element on the pitch for the Netherlands on this worldwide break.
Virgil van Dijk plans to stick with Netherlands as an alternative of returning to Liverpool
Nonetheless, Van Dijk informed NOS that he plans to stay with the Netherlands setup for the sport, saying he desires to help his nation.
“I’ll after all proceed to take part,” he mentioned, as transcribed by Voetbal Worldwide.
“It is necessary that I get well properly personally, however that I’m additionally there for the group.”
Van Dijk additionally spoke in regards to the playing cards he acquired, saying: “As captain I’m allowed to speak to the referee.
“I don’t take it simple after we are behind, however I did it in a respectful manner.
“I mentioned it was a couple of participant who had damaged by means of, as a result of he had completely no intention of stealing the ball. In the long run the referee simply gave him a yellow card.
“Sure, I ought to have executed that extra intelligently. With the second, I gave the referee a motive to present a yellow card.”
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Though Van Dijk says he’d like to stick with the Netherlands, it stays to be seen whether or not he’ll truly keep.
Maybe Liverpool boss Arne Slot might get involved with the Dutch nationwide workforce and request that his captain returns to Merseyside. In any case, it’s the logical factor to do.
It might properly be a case of ‘watch this area’, as a result of there’s no level in Van Dijk making the journey to Germany when he’d simply be sitting within the dugout or within the stands.
When are Liverpool subsequent in motion?
Liverpool are subsequent in motion on Sunday 20 October once they host Chelsea within the Premier League.
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