Virgil van Dijk defended one of his Liverpool teammates after the Reds were held to a 2-2 draw at Brighton on Sunday.
Simon Adingra opened the scoring after an error from Alexis Mac Allister before Mohamed Salah fired home twice to turn the game on its head.
Lewis Dunk equalised in the 78th minute, though, as the match ended with a point for both sides on the south coast.
Liverpool captain Van Dijk decided to defend Mac Allister after the clash and felt that he was also at fault for Brighton’s first goal at the Amex.
‘Obviously, it is not only him [Mac Allister],’ the Dutch defender said. ‘It is me as well.
‘It is a risky ball and we try to play out from the back. These things happen and you get punished. The way we bounced back was a great reaction.’
Van Dijk was then quizzed about Pascal Gross hacking down Dominik Szoboszlai in the box and if the Brighton man should have been shown a red card, after he escaped without a booking.
‘On the pitch you are thinking about this and you have to be careful for asking if [he] was going to get sent off,’ Van Dijk added.
‘I was curious for the reason why he didn’t get a booking. I didn’t see any replays on the pitch.
‘We win the penalty, we score the penalty and the ref didn’t give a yellow or a red. We have to accept it.’
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