Virgil van Dijk speaks out on disallowed goal as Liverpool captain says 'the reality is'

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCVirgil van Dijk thought he had equalised for Liverpool against Manchester City but his goal was controversially ruled out when Andy Roberston was adjudged to have been offsideVirgil van Dijk admitted Conor Bradley had a 'difficult' match against man of the match Jeremy Doku in Liverpool's 3-0 defeat to Manchester City as the Liverpool captain also gave his verdict on his disallowed goal. Van Dijk believed he had levelled the score against the run of play, but his goal was controversially disallowed due to an offside call as Andy Robertson ducked out of the way of the Dutchman's goal-bound header while in an offside position.READ MORE: Liverpool next five fixtures compared to Premier League rivals after Man City setbackREAD MORE: Gary Neville takes aim at Liverpool's players live on Sky as damning Man City verdict deliveredVan Dijk's unfortunate day continued when he accidentally deflected Nico Gonzale's shot past Mamardashvili just before half-time.Doku sealed the win for City with a superb strike after 63 minutes, leading Gary Neville to name him man of the match with still 30 minutes left to play."In football the officials are deciding the key decisions and we have to deal with it on the pitch," Van Dijk said of his disallowed goal on Sky Sports.

The reality is that we lost 3-0 and that is a big blow."It doesn't matter what I say [about the goal] because anything I say will be in the media and the whole international break will be about my comment on the decision. I just focus on the fact we lost.

I don't think we were much in trouble but we could have done better."We had to dig deep in the second half. We are in November and we are ready for a long season and a big fight."Sky Sports discounted Premier League and EFL packageThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.