Virgil van Dijk instructed the referee in Liverpool versus Tottenham that he “made a mistake” as Spurs’ goalscorer Lucas Bergvall ought to have been despatched off in a “fairly apparent” resolution.

The Reds’ 24-game unbeaten streak was damaged when Spurs defeated them within the League Cup on January 8. It may nicely have ended 0-0 till midfielder Bergvall rifled into the underside nook within the 86th minute to offer Tottenham the lead within the tie.

However that in itself was a second of controversy, as Bergvall was on a reserving from earlier within the recreation, earlier than uprooting Kostas Tsimikas not lengthy earlier than scoring the winner within the first leg of the semi-final.

Liverpool captain Van Dijk has since revealed he instructed the referee the Swede shouldn’t have remained on the pitch.

“I feel it was fairly apparent it was going to be a second yellow [for Bergvall]. It was fairly clear. And a minute later he scores the winner … a coincidence,” Van Dijk mentioned.

“He [the referee] made a mistake for my part and I instructed him that. He thinks he didn’t but it surely was fairly apparent and everybody on the sidelines knew it was speculated to be a yellow.

“There’s a linesman there, a fourth official there, there’s VAR, a referee and he doesn’t get a second yellow. I’m not saying that is the rationale why we misplaced tonight but it surely was an enormous second within the recreation.”

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Bergvall’s first yellow, nonetheless, seemed to be a comfortable one, as when he challenged Luis Diaz on the touchline, he appeared to make very minimal, if any, contact, so might have been arduous finished by had he been dismissed.

In any case, his purpose places Tottenham 1-0 up going into the second leg, the place they may journey to Anfield, a floor at which Liverpool have misplaced simply as soon as up to now this season.

The Reds should do higher than simply not dropping if they’re to progress, although.

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