Virgil van Dijk showed his true colors after Liverpool youngster Amara Nallo's red card

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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk was quick to console center-back Amara Nallo after the youngster was sent off against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup. LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Amara Nallo of Liverpool reacts after being shown a red card during the Carabao Cup Fourth Round match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield on October 29, 2025 in Liverpool, England.

You have to try to pick the youngster up." Nallo has impressed at youth level for Liverpool but is yet to translate that form into his senior appearances. As well as an inexperienced starting XI, he didn't have any senior stars among the subs.

Learn more "I saw Manchester City's starting eleven and they didn't have one starter from the weekend but it felt like their best team," he said. After I made two substitutions tonight, we had six teenagers." Slot did reveal, though, that his side could be bolstered by the return of at least one senior player from injury at the weekend.