Last Updated: September 08, 2023, 23:10 IST
Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk speaks to Jurgen Klopp (Reuters)
Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk has been handed an additional one-game ban and a £100,000 nice after his indignant response to a pink card towards Newcastle United.
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk will miss his facet’s subsequent Premier League match towards Wolverhampton Wanderers after being suspended for an additional sport following his response to being despatched off towards Newcastle United final month.
The Dutch defender was additionally fined 100,000 kilos after admitting he acted in an improper method, the Football Association stated in an announcement.
“Following the announcement immediately – prefer to clarify, I completely settle for the panels determination. It was the primary pink card of my Liverpool profession and I let my frustrations get the higher of me in an intense and heated second,” van Dijk said in a statement.
“I apologised immediately after the game to the match officials and take full responsibility. Time to move forward now. I will continue supporting the team in clery way I can,” van Dijk added.
Van Dijk was despatched off for fouling Alexander Isak through the first half because the livid Netherlands star felt the sort out was undeserving of a sending off and he initially refused to depart the pitch earlier than arguing with referee John Brooks.
“The defender admitted that he acted in an improper method and used abusive and insulting phrases in the direction of a match official after being despatched off within the twenty ninth minute, and the sanctions had been subsequently imposed by an unbiased regulatory fee,” said an FA statement.
An automatic one-match ban saw the Liverpool centre-back suspended for the 3-0 win over Aston Villa before the international break.
Now he will also serve an additional suspension ruling him out of the Reds’ trip to Wolves on September 16.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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