Liverpool sweat as stars Virgil van Dijk and Thiago taken to HOSPITAL after testy Merseyside derby with Everton

Liverpool face an anxious wait on the health of star defender Virgil van Dijk and summer season import Thiago after they had been each taken to hospital with suspected knee accidents within the wake of Saturday’s fractious draw with Everton.

Dutchman van Dijk suffered a first-half damage after showing to hyper-extend his proper knee after a robust problem from Everton and England primary Jordan Pickford which pressured Jurgen Klopp to switch his talismanic defender with Joe Gomez after simply eleven minutes.

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Replays of Pickford’s lunge instructed that it might have merited a purple card however additional inspection revealed the defender was marginally offside within the build-up to the horror sort out – which means that no additional motion could possibly be taken.

“Within the recreation, it was fairly fast. For me, it was a transparent penalty what I noticed, after which clearly we noticed that the flag went up, so offside,” Klopp stated after the sport. 

Liverpool and VAR are at it once more, as Pickford avoids a purple card for a horrendous sort out on Van Dijk. Benefit Liverpool. pic.twitter.com/blnKO1jRqg

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“I nonetheless thought it is price (it) to take a look on the foul however that did not occur. We’ve no energy there, we simply sit right here and now you focus on it with me.

“We’ve to ask different folks about that. What can I say? I do not need to say Jordan Pickford needed to do it nevertheless it’s, in fact, not a problem how a goalie can do it within the field as a result of there’s one other participant.

“If it is not offside, it is 100 % a penalty.”

Pickford’s punishment – or lack thereof – comes right down to the referee’s judgment as to the kind of foul it was. Had the problem been seen as “violent conduct,” Pickford would have been eligible to have been dismissed no matter Van Dijk being offside.

Nevertheless, if it was seen as “critical foul play” then Van Dijk’s offside nullifies any potential purple card. 

Appears to be that if a problem is dominated as “Severe Foul Play”, then a participant can’t be carded in the event that they hurt a participant in an offside place.

Whether it is dominated as “Violent Conduct” it may be. pic.twitter.com/3dBhSyiOmD

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There was certainly one sending off later within the recreation, with Everton’s Richarlison issued his marching orders after a nasty late problem on current signing Thiago – with the Spanish worldwide additionally struggling a knee damage within the incident.

“I go away the pitch and Thiago tells me that within the red-card state of affairs with Richarlison he thinks he acquired injured,” stated Klopp of the latter incident.

“We’ll see if it is true or not. If a participant felt like this, we’d like to take a look.”

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It was reported that each Van Dijk and Thiago have been despatched to hospitals for scans on their accidents, with Liverpool now dealing with an anxious wait as to the health of a handful of gamers – additionally together with first-choice goalkeeper Alisson – forward of their Champions League journey to Amsterdam to face Ajax on Wednesday. 

The sport between the 2 table-topping Merseyside rivals completed 2-2, with Liverpool having a late Jordan Henderson winner dominated out for a marginal offside name.