Gary Neville slams Virgil van Dijk for 'really strange' play against Man City

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Gary Neville has criticized Virgil van Dijk for what he described as a “really strange” piece of play during Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Manchester City. The former Manchester United defender questioned the Liverpool captain’s decision-making in a key moment that proved costly for his side.

Liverpool's legs are gone. Liverpool are in a poor place at the moment." City created the first major chance of the Premier League encounter when Jeremy Doku weaved his way into the box and went down after minimal contact from Mamardashvili.

Liverpool players protested, puzzled as to how Van Dijk could be offside from a corner. The Premier League provided an explanation on X for why Van Dijk’s strike was disallowed: "The referee's call of offside and no goal to Liverpool was checked and confirmed by VAR – with Robertson in an offside position and deemed to be making an obvious action directly in front of the goalkeeper."Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.