Gary Neville hailed Virgil van Dijk for not \u201cwhingeing\u201d in his post-match interview but having avoided that typical trope of his the Liverpool captain still managed to pin the blame on one of his teammates in what might be a very subtle dig at Mohamed Salah but is more likely just him unnecessarily calling out a Reds youngster.<\/p>\n
Van Dijk was at the centre of what has been billed in the aftermath as a great injustice which could have changed the course of the game, though in fairness, not by either him or his manager Arne Slot, both of whom accept that while they believe his goal should have stood it wasn\u2019t the defining moment of a clash in which they were outplayed by Manchester City.<\/p>\n
READ:\u00a016 Conclusions from Man City 3-0 Liverpool: Champions slip to eighth and out of title race<\/a><\/p>\n After Andy Robertson was deemed to be in an offside position when ducking out of the way of Van Dijk\u2019s header past Gianluigi Donnarumma, Liverpool\u00a0\u2018raised serious concerns\u2019 to the PGMOL after \u2018contacting referees\u2019 chief Howard Webb\u2019, claiming the \u2018reasoning\u2019 for disallowing the goal \u2018doesn\u2019t stack up\u2019.<\/p>\n Asked about the goal after the game, Van Dijk said: \u201cI think the goal should have stood, that is all I will say. But I am not the one who is making the decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n His decision not to comment further was praised by Gary Neville.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom what van Dijk just said on here, he said he doesn\u2019t really want to talk about it,\u201d he said on his podcast.\u201dThat\u2019s the right approach. When you\u2019ve lost 3-0 and you\u2019ve been well beaten, don\u2019t whinge about a refereeing decision.\u201d<\/p>\n But Neville did also criticise Van Dijk<\/a> for his role in Nico Gonzalez\u2019s goal for City, when the Liverpool skipper made no real attempt to block his goal-bound shot, but shifted his foot to \u201ckill\u201d Giorgi Mamardashvili behind him.<\/p>\n \u201cVirgil van Dijk was really strange for Man City\u2019s second,\u201d Neville said. \u201cHe was just standing there and lets it hit him. There\u2019s a little movement from his right leg and it kills his goalkeeper.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 Van Dijk predictably made no reference to that error in a post-match interview in which he failed once again to \u201clook in the mirror\u201d<\/a>, as Roy Keane suggested he might do after his shocker vs Manchester United, instead picking out Conor Bradley as the Liverpool player to blame for this latest harrowing defeat.<\/p>\n
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