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An apologetic Virgil van Dijk saw no value in dragging the issue on any further following his red card at Newcastle. After being dismissed for a last-man foul on Alexander Isak in the 2-1 win at St James' Park last month, his subsequent reaction saw him eventually It was a costly blow-up from the Reds captain, who had branded the initial decision to send him off as a "f****** joke" in the heat of the moment on August 27. READ MORE:

"Virgil van Dijk has been suspended for one match and fined £100,000 for breaching FA Rule E3.1 during Liverpool’s Premier League fixture against Newcastle United on Sunday 27 August," read a statement from the Football Association on September 8.



"It was the first red card of my Liverpool career and I let my frustrations get the better of me, in an intense and heated moment.



It's understood Van Dijk was given the fine and the extra one-game ban because his charge came after the red card had been dished out.


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