What Virgil van Dijk said after Emmanuel Emegha clash during Liverpool vs Chelsea

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Virgil van Dijk was clearly unhappy after being barged to the ground by Emmanuel Emegha (Sky Sports) Emmanuel Emegha was involved in a bizarre clash with Virgil van Dijk during Chelsea’s defeat to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night. Emegha was brought on as a substitute in the 68th minute and just 120 seconds after replacing Danny Welbeck, the Chelsea striker barged into Van Dijk off the ball with such force that he knocked his fellow Netherlands international to the floor. ‘He just carried on [running], very strange from the substitute, Van Dijk had something to say about that afterwards,’ said former Arsenal striker Alan Smith during Sky Sports’ coverage.

Referee Darren England opted not to punish Emegha for the shove but Van Dijk was clearly unhappy with the 23-year-old as he spoke to the official moments later. Expert lip-reader, Nicola Hickling, analysed Van Dijk’s conversation with the referee for Metro to determine what Liverpool’s captain said about his clash with Emegha.

He better give up.’ Van Dijk was then substituted shortly after his conversation with the referee as he was replaced by Jeremy Jacquet. Emegha, who played alongside Van Dijk in the Dutch national team on two occasions last year, joined Chelsea in a €25 million (£21m) deal from fellow BlueCo-owned side Strasbourg in the summer.