Virgil Van Dijk has gone viral overnight after having his finger snapped by Erling Haaland and pushes a fan away during an interview.
The much loved Liverpool defender was far from impressed as a spectator from the stands interrupted his post-match chat with the media following the Netherlands’ 1-1 draw with Norway on Wednesday.
He then decided to shove the selfie-seeking supporter away so he could finish speaking, and boy has his got everyone talking online.
Van Dijk refusing to take a selfie so he can finish a interview 😂 pic.twitter.com/phgPiZqYkE
— Samue (@SamueILFC) September 1, 2021
The World Cup qualifier was heavily talked up anyway, with Van Dijk going head-to-head with Erling Haaland, two of the best footballers in the world right now. It was the Borussia Dortmund frontman who his home first as he capitalised on some poor Dutch defending to give the hosts an early lead.
Davy Klaassen guided home Georginio Wijnaldum’s cross to equalise in the 36th minute. Though, Haaland was unlucky not to score a winner for Norway when he hit the woodwork in the second half.
The result meant that Louis van Gaal’s side missed out on the chance to overtake Group G leaders Turkey, who drew 2-2 at home to Montenegro.
Van Dijk also appeared to have a dislocated finger put back in place shortly after half time, before going on to play on for the rest of the game. Just makes us wince thinking about it.
Minor injury update: Virgil Van Dijk’s finger was dislocated on international duty last night, although he was fine to continue. pic.twitter.com/6sucfVnAjF
— Anfield Edition (@AnfieldEdition) September 2, 2021
“I actually snapped his finger on him,” Haaland told Norwegian station TV2 post-match.
“I do not know how it happened. He just said ‘f***ing hell, you broke my finger’.
“He’s good, so to speak,” he added. “I have no idea how I snapped his finger. That’s just the way it is.”
Speaking ahead of the game, Haaland admitted Van Dijk was the best defender he had ever come up against on the pitch.
“I do not really fear anyone, I think he is the best defender. I think quite a few others in the room agree with me on that,” Haaland said in a press conference.
“He is fast, strong and f***ing smart, and there are three important things you must have.
“I have played against him twice, I have said that he is the best I have met. He is a good player, so we have to try to play around him.”
Van Dijk, who has helped the Reds keep two clean sheets in their opening two Premier League games, has opened up on his recent route back from injury.
He told Liverpool Echo: “Very good. I am proud, a lot of hard work so far has been put in to get where I am and obviously I’ve had a lot of help from my wife and my kids.
“Obviously the thing is I have played and the first one was very emotional and very tough for many reasons.
“You visualise the game so many times in your head before you actually play so as I said to the club I was not tired because of the game – I was tired because of everything around it.
“And it was sort of like a hurdle. I had to get over that I felt like then it will come again. So that is what happened in my point of view.
“I kept training well and felt confident in my knee. What is very important is that I kept my fitness up and we kept a clean sheet.”
“I think van Dijk is the best – he is fast, strong and smart and he is the best that I have met.”
Haaland knows 👇🔴
— Kai Delaney (@Kai_Delaney) September 2, 2021
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Fans reacted as Van Dijk has his finger snapped by Haaland and pushes a fan away during his interview…
@Tactical_Times: Lukaku couldn’t get near him, what chance does this guy have
@Kieran_Reid99: He did right fans shouldn’t be anywhere near the players the last thing we need is Virg getting Covid
@JohnstonLew10: The fan was trespassing to be fair and can be creepy when they come up to a player like that lol
@Johndrennan6780: He pushes away a youth who worships him so he can prioritise talking to his tv money overlords and the masses on social media celebrate this behaviour. The post modern world is one strange place
@trevorlaffan: Young fella needs to learn some manners.
@seantonup: In fairness that’s not how you should go about trying to get a photo…
@Miluboy1: The guy should know better. Van dijk getting interviewed and you want to take selfie, why don’t you wait when he’s done. It doesn’t make sense what the guy did
@aswinjose: Covid times, give him a smack to the head for even attempting it.
@dazzapoolfc: Fan is an idiot, clearly can see he is doing an interview, shouldn’t have been able to get near him, especially given the pandemic times we are still in.
@DaveHin55518309: My grandfather broke his leg in a match one time, came back on after being stretcherd off & broke the other one. Legend
@itsamanutdthing: My great uncle Norman broke his spine clean in half once, still managed to brush it off and score a brace!
@inghamjj55: Couldn’t play on after Pickford though…….
@JOSSHHAS_: No mate, turns out you can’t play on with a torn ACL… who knew? 🤦🏻♂️
@LFCJaake: Van Dijk injured his finger? Bring him home immediately
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