Liverpool and Dutch defender, Virgil Van Dijk, has provided the reason he accidentally injured his teammate and defensive partner, Ibrahima Konate, during their Premier League victory over Brighton on Saturday.
He explained that there were many players around the ball, which caused him to accidentally head his partner’s arm.
Konate was forced out of the Brighton clash with an apparent injury after going down in pain following a challenge during a corner just before halftime.
He left the pitch with a makeshift sling and was replaced by Joe Gomez at the break.
Van Dijk shared his thoughts on his centre-back partner’s injury, telling the media after the game, “so many bodies around the ball and I think I headed him on his arm.
“Hopefully it is not too bad. We just have to see. You can be quite okay as a player with an arm injury so hopefully he will be fine.”
Liverpool will be hoping the injury to the 25-year-old is not severe as he has been a key player under the new setup at Anfield.