{"id":290794,"date":"2023-08-29T18:36:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T18:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=290794"},"modified":"2023-08-29T18:36:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T18:36:04","slug":"virgil-van-dijk-is-charged-by-the-fa-after-red-card-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/virgil-van-dijk-is-charged-by-the-fa-after-red-card-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgil van Dijk is CHARGED by the FA after red card reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Virgil van Dijk CHARGED by the FA for his furious reaction to being sent off by John Brooks during Liverpool&#8217;s win over Newcastle &#8211; having appeared to call the decision a &#8216;f***ing joke&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Virgil van Dijk has been charged by the FA after being sent off against Newcastle<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>The Reds captain appeared to call the decision at St James&#8217; Park a &#8216;f****** joke&#8217;\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Would Mohamed Salah &#8216;do the dirty&#8217; on Liverpool by leaving? And what about Man United &#8216;diving&#8217;?: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off , Mail Sport&#8217;s new podcast<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Virgil van Dijk has been charged by the FA after being sent off in Liverpool&#8217;s win over Newcastle on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds captain was furious at being red carded for his tackle on Newcastle forward Alexander Isak and has now been charged with a breach of FA rule E3.1.<\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk appeared to label his sending off as a &#8216;f****** joke&#8217; at the time and now faces further punishment for his reaction to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport revealed that the Dutchman could be sanctioned further in the aftermath of Sunday&#8217;s Premier League clash at St James&#8217; Park and the governing body have now moved to charge Van Dijk.<\/p>\n<p>A statement published by the FA on Tuesday read: Virgil van Dijk has been charged with a breach of FA rule E3.1 following Liverpool&#8217;s game against Newcastle United on Sunday, 27 August.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/18\/74843165-12458049-image-a-19_1693329283836.jpg\" height=\"397\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Virgil van Dijk (middle) has been charged by the FA after being sent off in Liverpool&#8217;s win over Newcastle on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/18\/74843221-12458049-image-m-37_1693330411353.jpg\" height=\"391\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk has until Friday to provide a response to the FA charge for his actions against Newcastle<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s alleged the defender acted in an improper manner and\/or used abusive and\/or insulting words towards a match official after being sent off in the 29th minute.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Virgil van Dijk has until Friday, 1 September to provide a response to this charge.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The red card dished out by referee John Brooks initially meant the Liverpool skipper would serve a one-match ban for his foul that denied Isak a goalscoring opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>That could now be upgraded to a longer ban which would give Reds manager Jurgen Klopp a defensive headache to deal with.<\/p>\n<p>The German was seen trying to calm Van Dijk down as he left the pitch as the 32-year-old staunchly protested his innocence before departing proceedings as Liverpool trailed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/18\/74843539-12458049-image-a-38_1693330530887.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp (middle) was seen trying to calm Van Dijk (right) down<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/18\/74843541-12458049-image-a-39_1693330558071.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk (middle left) was furious after being sent off by referee John Brooks (blue top)<\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk also appeared to exchange strong words with fourth official Craig Pawson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sending off was Van Dijk&#8217;s first for Liverpool since he arrived for a then world-record fee of \u00a375m in 2017 from Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>A three-match ban would see him miss upcoming matches against Aston Villa, Wolves, and West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>Trent Alexander-Arnold will captain Liverpool in Van Dijk&#8217;s absence with 20-year-old\u00a0Jarell Amorin Quansah a likely replacement at the heart of defence.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12458049\/Virgil-van-Dijk-CHARGED-FA-furious-reaction-sent-Jon-Brooks-Liverpools-win-Newcastle-having-appeared-call-decision-f-ing-joke.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgil van Dijk CHARGED by the FA for his furious reaction to being sent off by John Brooks during Liverpool&#8217;s <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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