Why I Injured Ibrahima Konate – Van Dijk

Liverpool captain, Virgil Van Dijk, has revealed how he mistakenly injured his teammate and defence partner, Ibrahima Konate during their Premier League victory against Brighton on Saturday.

He said there were many bodies around the ball which made him head his partner on the 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.

After the game, Van Dijk shared his thoughts on his centre-back partner’s injury.

He said:

“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.”