Virgil van Dijk revealed he felt a muscle pressure in the course of the early phases of Saturday’s FA cup closing towards Chelsea, however hopes the damage that curtailed his involvement isn’t too critical.
The Netherlands worldwide has been in imperious kind this season and performed a big position in making certain Chelsea failed to attain throughout an absorbing 90 minutes at Wembley.
Van Dijk, nevertheless, was withdrawn initially of additional time, with Liverpool already compelled to manage with out the providers of Mohamed Salah who was compelled off after simply 20 minutes with a sore groin.
Liverpool nonetheless have two Premier League fixtures remaining, and nonetheless hope to haul in leaders Manchester Metropolis, earlier than they face Actual Madrid within the Champions League later this month.
Requested for an replace on his damage after Liverpool claimed glory in an exhilarating penalty shootout, Van Dijk mentioned: ‘Hopefully I’m okay, we'll test it out. I felt it after 20 minutes, I felt a twinge behind my knee. I performed on however I couldn’t threat it. Hopefully it will likely be high-quality.’
Finally, Liverpool and Van Dijk had been indebted to their goalkeeper Alisson Becker who made a vital save from Mason Mount within the shootout, earlier than Kostas Tsimikas stroked residence the decisive penalty.
‘It feels superb,’ mentioned the Brazil worldwide. ‘We performed so nicely. It was a disgrace we didn’t rating in 90 minutes. It was a correct combat.
‘I'm so completely happy. I'm so so completely happy!’ Myself and Mendy made many saves. I couldn’t makes these saves with out my crew. It makes it simpler for me. I'm so glad for that.
‘All of the goalkeeper coaches helped me with the selections. Chelsea have improbable gamers however we deserved it at the moment.’
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