Roy Hodgson BLASTS Virgil van Dijk for role in Jordan Ayew's red card

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Roy Hodgson BLASTS Virgil van Dijk for his role in Jordan Ayew’s red card during Crystal Palace’s defeat to Liverpool… arguing Reds ‘do not need players of that quality trying to get the opposition carded’

  • Ayew was booked after blocking a free kick and later shown a second yellow
  • Liverpool came from behind and scored late to beat Palace at Selhurt Park
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Roy Hodgson blasted Virgil van Dijk for his role in Jordan Ayew’s sending off after Liverpool came from behind to beat Crystal Palace.

‘With the sending off – which I totally disagree with in every respect – I’m really disappointed that Virgil van Dijk should kick the ball against Jordan to get him the first yellow card,’ said Hodgson.

‘I thought the second yellow card was a tackle. Whether it was a foul or not, I didn’t think it was a yellow so to force us to play with ten men for the last 15 minutes plus added time was really harsh,’ the 76-year-old added.

Ayew was stood directly in front of Van Dijk before a Liverpool free kick and the Liverpool defender hit the ball straight at Ayew, who was booked for obstruction.

‘Liverpool do not need players of that quality and status trying to get an opposition player a yellow card,’ the Palace boss added.

Roy Hodgson has criticised Virgil van Dijk (pictured) for his role in Jordan Ayew’s red card

Ayew was booked for blocking a free kick and later sent off after receiving a second yellow

Hodgson said that ‘Liverpool do not need players of that quality and status trying to get an opposition player a yellow card’

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A minute after Ayew was sent off for his second booking, Liverpool equalised through Mohamed Salah’s 200th goal for the club before Harvey Elliott scored the winner in injury time.

‘It did (change the game),’ admitted Hodgson. ‘You would not believe how upset or disappointed the players were.’

Liverpool went top of the league with victory and have now won 18 points from losing positions this season – more than any other team.

‘I’m very happy but I know we were lucky as well, said Jurgen Klopp. ‘I told the boys that’s the first time I saw someone play as bad as we did for 76 minutes and still win,’ said Klopp, who presented Salah with a special shirt for his landmark achievement.

‘We’ve carried that shirt for two weeks and finally we gave it to him. It’s an incredible number for a super special player. I don’t know how often he’s saved us with goals in the right moment. It was a pretty loud reception when I gave him the shirt with the number 200 in the changing room. Now we can go for the next 100.’

Ayew was sent off 15 minutes from time with Palace leading, and Liverpool came back to win

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