Virgil van Dijk sent off to leave Netherlands boss fuming over 'broken agreement'

Hungary and Netherlands played retired a goalless gully arsenic Virgil van Dijk was sent disconnected successful a crippled with Liverpool stars progressive including Dominik Szoboszlai, Ryan Gravenberch and Cody Gakpo

Virgil van Dijk was shown reddish but Netherlands were capable to salvage a gully against Hungary contempt being down to 10 men.

Liverpool's captain was shown 2 yellowish cards successful the abstraction of 3 minutes to beryllium shown his marching orders with Ronald Koeman's broadside already down by a goal. It was the archetypal clip the Dutchman has been brandished with a reddish paper for his nationalist team.

Roland Sallai opened the scoring soon aft the half-hour people to guarantee the location broadside participate the interruption with an vantage contempt Netherlands holding astir of the possession. The visitors were incapable to find a mode past Hungary nevertheless and Van Dijk allowed his frustrations to get the amended of him to person his archetypal caution aft arguing his lawsuit to the referee.

It was lone 3 minutes aboriginal the Reds prima committed a foul that saw him rapidly handed different and ordered to permission the field. Liverpool team-mate Dominik Szboszlai, Hungary's captain, watched on, glancing from the sides of his eyes portion taking a portion connected the sideline arsenic Van Dijk continued to protest.

Denzel Dumfries caput successful a precocious equaliser from Cody Gakpo's transverse to guarantee a Nations League constituent and 2nd spot successful League A Group 3. Netherlands adjacent instrumentality connected top-of-the-table Germany, though Van Dijk volition beryllium suspended for that match.

Koeman defended his skipper pursuing the crippled nevertheless and was frustrated with the determination to grant Van Dijk his archetypal yellowish card. The erstwhile Southampton and Celtic defender expressed his frustrations to referee Lukas Fähndric aft Donyell Malen was knocked down.

Van Dijk believed that Hungary should not person escaped a reddish paper successful the instance. Koeman reckons his skipper should person been afforded the close to pass with the official.

“That infinitesimal was frustrating,” Koeman told NOS. “I don't recognize it either. I deliberation we person agreed that a skipper tin protestation to a referee. That usurpation was bully for a reddish card. There was nary volition astatine each to play the ball.

"The information that Virgil past takes that 2nd paper is not convenient. He conscionable had to travel along, but helium knows that himself.”

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