The past Saturday 17 October, contested in the Goodison Park, the derbi of Merseyside between Everton and Liverpool. Taking into account the power of the 'reds' and the current performance of the 'toffees', promised an authentic partidazo. Although it was it, with two goals in the discount to finish 3-3, the big news of the meeting was the unlucky injury of Virgil go Dijk.
The player, that does practically a year argued the balloon of gold with the same Lionel Messi, had to abandon the field after a very hard entrance of the archer of the local group, Jordan Pickford. After a centre to the second stick, to the that tried to arrive the central, the guardameta launched did his right leg with immoderate strength and finished causing him an injury in the internal ligaments of the knee, that will do him lose the rest of the season.
They go Dijk has lived better parties in front of the Everton
What more impotence could generate him to the fans of the Liverpool, is that the action could not be punished of any form. Although the entrance is merecedora of red card and consistently of penalti, as it found inside the area; the referee did not signal neither fault by offside previous. Mike Dean, the referee could have expelled to the goalkeeper understanding that the entrance could be considered aggression, but did not do it.
At the end of the meeting, Jürgen Klopp commented, in press conference, that desconocía the scope of the injury, but imagined the worst taking into account the reaction of the footballer: "I do not know if it is something serious, but is not good. Virgil Played with us, do not know how many parties followed. And it plays with pain, plays with almost everything, but this time has not been able to follow playing. This is not good".
Thiago Alcántara also lesionó after the entrance of Richarlison
Virgil Go Dijk was not the only victim of the derbi of Mersey, also his mate Thiago Alcántara finished the meeting lesionado after another incomprehensible entrance, this time, by part of Richarlison, when the party still went 2-2. Of evident form, the judge punished to the forward of the Everton showing him a merecidísima red cardboard.
The Brazilian attacker already has excused to the Spanish player, by means of an official communiqué, for having executed a segada so violent and to destiempo. After the meeting, the German technician of the Liverpool ensured that: "When I went out of the field, Thiago said me that in the played of the red of Richarlison thinks that lesionó. We will see if it is truth or no, but if he felt like this, then have to throw him a glimpse".