Unbelievable, Virgil Van Dijk broke silence after his ban extension was confirmed
The Dutch defender posted a classy message on his Instagram account
Virgil Van Dijk apologized through his personal Instagram account for the behavior leading him to be banned for two games with Liverpool.
Liverpool’s defender Virgil Van Dijk finally broke silence after his ban extension was confirmed by the FA forcing the player to miss one more game in the 2023/2024 Premier League after having already missed the clash against Aston Villa played in Anfield last week, getting ready to also miss the game against Wolverhampton after the international break.
Confirmed, Virgil Van Dijk to face this sanction following red card at Newcastle
In this sense, it is worth remembering that the Dutch international had been ban after receiving a red card against Newcastle some weeks ago, claiming the referee Stuart Attwell and his official John Brooks before leaving the field with bad language as it could be recorded by the VAR audio, which revealed that the Liverpool defender had called the referee decision a “f*cking joke”, leading the FA to ban the player for one more game.
In this respect, the player himself decided to break the silence about the matter in his own personal Instagram account, where through a story he apologized to the fans and the referees and admitted to have acted in an improper manner and used abusive and insulting words, accepting the effects his action had caused.
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The Dutchman recognized his actions and took full responsibility of them
The Dutchman, set to miss the Liverpool’s game against Wolverhampton and pay a £100k fine to the FA left a classy message on his Instagram recognizing that it was the first red card of his Liverpool career and he let his frustrations get the better of him in an intense and heated moment.
“I apologized immediately after the game to the match officials and took full responsibility. Time to move forward now. I will continue supporting the team in every way I can”, wrote Van Dijk.
