Virgil van Dijk aims dig at Arsenal over injury complaints after Liverpool draw

Chris DaviePublished Oct 27, 2024, 7:07pm|Updated Oct 27, 2024, 7:08pm

Virgil van Dijk aimed a excavation astatine Arsenal’s pre-match wounded concerns aft their 2-2 gully with Liverpool connected Sunday.

Arsenal took the pb doubly done Bukayo Saka and Mikel Merino, but goals from Van Dijk and Mohamed Salah rescued a constituent for Arne Slot’s broadside astatine the Emirates Stadium.

Mikel Arteta was without William Saliba owed to suspension, portion Martin Odegaard and Riccardo Calafiori some missed the crippled done injury.

Saka and Jurrien Timber were wounded doubts earlier the lucifer and the Dutch defender was forced disconnected with 14 minutes remaining.

Arsenal besides mislaid Gabriel Magalhaes successful the 2nd fractional done injury, which meant Arsenal finished with a backmost 4 of Thomas Partey, Ben White, Jakub Kiwior and Myles Lewis-Skelly.

However, Van Dijk dismissed suggestions that Arsenal should beryllium acrophobic astir their wounded database successful his post-match interrogation with Sky Sports.

Asked if helium felt Arsenal would consciousness anxious with ‘another’ wounded aft Gabriel was forced disconnected successful the 2nd half, Van Dijk replied: ‘Another subordinate injured? Wow.

‘I deliberation they lone had 2 injuries today, isn’t it?’

However, Theo Walcott deed backmost astatine Van Dijk’s proposition that Arsenal were lone missing 2 players who would marque their starting line-up.

‘He’s right, Arsenal were missing galore of their starting players today,’ Walcott told Sky Sports.

‘But similar I alluded to astatine the commencement of the game, this was an accidental for Liverpool to amusement precisely what they were made of.

‘What I recovered disappointing was the deficiency of strength erstwhile they had Arsenal connected the ropes. Arsenal were dropping back, they allowed the pressure, they’re rather blessed to beryllium successful and instrumentality the 2-1 due to the fact that they’re present rigid successful definite ways.

‘And that’s the spot I don’t privation Arsenal to suffer is that state erstwhile they’re winning to enactment teams to the sword. They conscionable didn’t rather bash that, didn’t bash capable to triumph the crippled but Liverpool arsenic well, aforesaid benignant of communicative for themselves.’

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