Virgil van Dijk expressed his frustration with referee Stuart Atwell after Tottenham's Lucas Bergvall scored a controversial winner against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semi-final. Van Dijk believes Bergvall should have received a second yellow card for a tackle on Kostas Tsimikas moments before scoring, but the referee decided otherwise.
Virgil van Dijk has revealed exactly what he said to referee Stuart Atwell about Tottenham 's Lucas Bergvall scored a controversial winner in the Carabao Cup
Despite entering the match as favourites, Liverpool lost the match 1-0 as Tottenham youngster Bergvall sealed the victory for the hosts with a controversial goal in the 86th minute of the match.After the match, Liverpool captain Van Dijk was spotted speaking to referee Atwell about the moment and he has now revealed exactly what was said.
"The fact is, he should have been off. There's a linesman there, there's a fourth official there, there's VAR, there's the referee and he doesn't get a second yellowAdvert Ben is a sports journalist who specialises in football and MMA. He has written for publications such as Manchester Evening News, WiganToday, Manchester World and beIN Sports. Throughout his career he has interviewed top athletes in MMA including Tom Aspinall and Michael Bisping.
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