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What Virgil van Dijk did just before Man Utd goal as Gary Neville left stunned by Liverpool star

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However, Liverpool’s players and supporters were left furious with referee Michael Oliver after he failed to stop the game in the build-up to the goal.Alexis Mac Allister picked up a head injury after clashing with team-mate Virgil van Dijk. Mbuemo runs off the back of him, I don’t think van Dijk sees him!” Neville during Sky Sports' live coverage.“Konate can’t get across, but watch Van Dijk.



Mbuemo gets up, reacts like a boxer who’s been punched and off he goes.“Do you think Van Dijk is passing him on or trying to play him offside? It’s a strange handover from him.”Cody Gakpo restored parity 12 minutes from time, but Maguire secured all three points for his side when he headed home a ball into the box from Bruno Fernandes.Speaking after the game, Van Dijk said: "I think we conceded a very sloppy second goal.

We worked so hard to get back into the game and we created great opportunities to score the winner, but if you concede a second goal like that, that is the disappointing part."If you look at the game as a whole, we were far too rushed. We still created many opportunities to score but the reality is that we lost."It is an interesting time because we have to stick together, not just us as players but as a club and the fans who want us to win."On the first goal, the Dutchman admitted: "I think the ball went long, first header was a United player, second by me.“My elbow hit the player and he goes down and I went down.