Virgil van Dijk is known for being as calm as you like at the back for Liverpool and so seeing him receive a yellow card at anytime is quite a rarity.
This was certainly the case when Thijs Dallinga was in a ball on the floor off the ball and then we all had to watch Nikola Dabanovic award our skipper a caution.
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The clear confusion from our No.4 illustrated his opinions on the matter and replays suggest this bemusement was certainly warranted.
The officials had a strange match at Anfield where they seemed torn between allowing the game to flow and booking players for nothing challenges.
You can watch Van Dijk being booked (from 29:33) via LFCTV Go:
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