Virgil van Dijk breaks silence on tunnel bust-up with Sokratis
Virgil van Dijk insists he will always be entitled defend his team-mates after getting into a bust-up with Arsenal defender Sokratis during Liverpool’s match with Arsenal on Saturday.
Sokratis was confronting Mohamed Salah in the tunnel at half-time after the Liverpool forward won a penalty to ensure Arsenal were behind 4-1 at the break.
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Arsenal’s players accused Salah of diving and Sokratis was still having a go at the Egyptian when Van Dijk stepped in.
Sokratis and Van Dijk were pulled apart from one another, but the defender played down the incident.
‘I saw that he went to Mo (Salah) and was saying that he dived,’ Van Dijk said.
‘He was attacking him a bit, but I wanted to say he didn’t dive.
‘Obviously everyo...