Virgil van Dijk was sent off for a last-man challenge on Alexander Isak in the first half of Liverpools trip to Newcastle; Trent Alexander-Arnold was deemed lucky not to be givn his marching orders earlier in the game for two quick-fire yellow card flashpoints
"How is the shove from Gordon not a foul in the first place? How the referee doesn't give a foul there is absolutely unbelievable. I think that's why he doesn't give him a second yellow moments later.""The first booking is a needless one, we're still getting used to the new rules. He just throws it away, which is now a standard booking. He feels hard done by and is pushed and throws the ball away."Alexander-Arnold is lucky.
"He kicks his left leg, it's so rash from Van Dijk. He doesn't need to commit there. We've all been there. He just has to go off the pitch, take the medicine. As hard as it may be. "But it's a Virgil van Dijk who a few years ago would not have made that challenge. He would have let Isak take a touch and take it off him as he ran through the channel. He wellies through him. Isak has gone past him because Van Dijk has committed."
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