Liverpool captain Van Dijk: I understand Forest fury

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4 Mar 2024 • 1:30 PM MYT
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Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk admits they have been hard done by referees in the past.

Van Dijk was asked about the team beating Nottingham Forest 1-0 thanks to referee Paul Tierney.

The official allowed the Reds to regain possession after a stoppage due to a head injury to one of their players, even though Forest had the ball prior to the stoppage.

Van Dijk sympathised, but said they were on the receiving end of a similar decision from Paul Tierney in the past.

He stated post-game: "I think it [the frustrated Forest reaction] was about the timing of it. There was a moment in the first half when exactly the same happened to us...

"I mean, I don't know. If you lose in the last minute it's never nice and I can understand it. We came here to win. To get the three points and we got that."

Van Dijk added on Liverpool's fourth win in the past two weeks: "We've definitely been tested, yeah. Physically, mentally. It has been a very good six days. It couldn't have gone much better.

We did everything we could and we got everything we could. Now it's time to rest a little bit and then focus on the European game [vs Sparta Prague on Thursday night]."

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