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Dutch defender Virgil van Dyck suffered a serious injury on Saturday during the “Merseyside Derby” between his team Liverpool and their host Everton (2-2) on matchday six of the English Premier League.
Virgil van Dyck fell out of bounds early in the 16th minute of the first half after sustaining a serious injury following a violent intervention by England international goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
Jordan Pickford got away with one here … 👀
Despite injuring Virgil van Dijk with a two-footed lunge, no action was taken against the Everton goalkeeper as the #LFC defender was judged marginally offside – correct decision? 🤔
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) October 17, 2020
Liverpool’s coaching staff, led by German Jürgen Klopp, was forced to make an early change, and pushed their defender, Joe Gómez, in place of Van Dyck, who left the stadium while he couldn’t walk well, relying on him. team doctor.
Van Dyck is expected to undergo medical examinations in the next few hours to diagnose the nature of his injury and the period during which he will be away from Liverpool games.
The match referee, Michael Oliver, did not award a penalty and no foul to the reckless goalkeeper Beckford after his violent intervention on the Dutch defender.
Should Jordan Pickford still be on the field? 🤔
His tackle on Virgil van Dijk came while the defender was offside, but the VAR did not suggest that Michael Oliver give him another look. pic.twitter.com/owmCaRpzWb
– Football at BT Sport (@btsportfootball) October 17, 2020
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And the global network “Sky Sports” wrote in their analysis of the match that the referee should have immediately shown the red card to Pickford’s face due to the violent interference on Van Dyck.
But according to English reports, the referee, Michael Oliver and his assistant team, including the video referee team, decided to tell an offside case against Van Dyck, in the match in which he was injured with Beckford, and so he refused to take a penalty for Liverpool, and the referee refused to penalize Pickford.
The Liverpool fans launched a violent campaign of criticism and attack on the referee, after the joint ball between Beckford and Van Dyck, highlighting that the referee should have immediately declared the red card in the face of the reckless goalkeeper, who could have eliminated with this interference the future of the Dutch defender. For a long time.
Source: “As”
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