Virgil van Dijk was made to re-watch Liverpool’s controversial penalty within the 88th minute of within the Champions League on Wednesday night, earlier than deciding, cheekily: ‘Oh, it’s a transparent penalty’.
Inter slipped to their second consecutive defeat within the Champions League on Tuesday night time, conceding to an 88th-minute Dominik Szoboszlai penalty after Alessandro Bastoni was penalised for the slightest of blouse pulls on Florian Wirtz.
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VAR was additionally referred to as upon to rule out a Thirty second-minute Ibrahima Konate header from a nook after a handball from Hugo Ekitike the contact earlier than.
Van Dijk offers evaluation of Inter 0-1 Liverpool: ‘A transparent penalty’
MILAN, ITALY – DECEMBER 09: Allison Becker of Liverpool FC appears to be like on through the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD6 match between FC Internazionale Milano and Liverpool FC at Stadio San Siro on December 09, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
Liverpool captain van Dijk spoke to after full-time on Tuesday night: “It’s a really tough second such as you stated, looking for consistency, taking part in towards a really tough crew, a crew that’s in type, in Milan, so it’s good to get the three factors,” he stated.
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Van Dijk was additionally requested of his spectacular win document when taking part in away in San Siro. “I didn’t all the time win, I believe I additionally had a purple card towards Inter once I performed for Celtic,” the Liverpool captain stated. “ I made my Champions League debut right here, towards AC Milan, it was a day I’ll always remember.”
Van Dijk was additionally requested what he product of the continuing state of affairs surrounding teammate Mohamed Salah, and whether or not he hopes to see the Egyptian King reinstated to the Liverpool squad.
“Mo goes to the Africa Cup (of Nations) on the weekend, for us nothing has modified,” van Dijk replied.
“We had been absolutely focussed on tonight, beating Inter and I’m glad we did. Now we deal with Brighton and that’s the one focus we now have, nothing has modified. Within the dressing room, everybody was able to struggle for the badge and that’s a very powerful factor.”
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Then, van Dijk was made to re-watch the controversial incident that led to Liverpool being awarded an 88th-minute penalty. Wirtz threw himself to the ground after the slightest of pulls from Bastoni within the space, a call that had initially been waved away earlier than the intervention of VAR.
“Oh it’s a transparent penalty,” van Dijk stated with a giant smile on his face.
MILAN, ITALY – DECEMBER 09: Dominik Szoboszlai of Liverpool FC scores their crew’s first objective through the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD6 match between FC Internazionale Milano and Liverpool FC at Stadio San Siro on December 09, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
“The referee offers it,” van Dijk added. “I believe the objective we scored from the nook also needs to be (a objective), so it’s to be equal,” he concluded.