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Virgil van Dijk trolled Richarlison after he escaped a red card for an 'elbow' on the Tottenham Forward during Liverpool's Carabao Cup semi -final victory in Anfield.
The tensions ran extremely high in the opening phase on Merseyside with Spurs with an advantage of one goal from the first stage and there was a flash point with Reds-skipper van Dijk van Dijk and former Everton striker Richarlison.
Only three minutes after the game, Van Dijk escaped to punishment after an 'elbow' caught the Brazilian while they fought for the ball.
Richarlison continued to smoke because of the challenge, but referee Craig Pawson let play before they called the players together for a chat.
The incident was checked and tidy for violent behavior, because the VAR was deemed that there was no mistake on the field to destroy the decision when Van Dijk escaped further punishment.
It was not the only incident with Van Dijk and Richarlison who attracted attention, where the Dutchman came again.
The two confused with Van Dijk shortly thereafter and brings the forward down on the edge of the Spurs box.
Van Dijk offered his hand to help Richarlison up, but just when he was about to take it, he pulled his hand away before he ran back in his own half.
Newcastle Troll Arsenal about Match Ball Na Carabao Cup -winning
It was not the first trolls of the week after the official social media accounts of Newcastle Mikel Arteta had left his comments about the Match Ball after their Carabao Cup victory on Arsenal on Wednesday.
The X and Instagram accounts of the Magpies placed both photos of the yellow miter Carabao Cup Ball after their 4-0 aggregated victory, referring to comments made by Arteta After his side were beaten last month in the first stage of the semi-final.
“I think we have kicked a lot of the balls over the bar and it is difficult that this ball will fly a lot,” he said after the Gunners had wasted 23 shots worth 3.09 expected goals at the Emirates Stadium.
Newcastle posted a photo of a ball in the goal with the caption “The Dulprit:” About an hour after full -time in the second stage on Wednesday.
Around 8.30 am on Thursday it had gathered 4M views on X, as well as 118,000 likes.
The Premier League has already started imposing penalties for individual players this week if they think that goal celebrations are damaging the reputation of the game or inflaming oppositions or players.
In recent weeks, a wave of parties have designed to attract opposition players and fans national attention after Iliman Ndiaye has simulated a seagull for the home fans in Everton's victory in Brighton, while MyLes Lewis-Skelly Erling Haaland navers in his target celebration in Arsenal's 5-1 Victory at Man City on Sunday.
Although the celebrations of Newcastle were limited to social media, asking about whether at some point administrative bodies can also choose to step in if they think the game is being discredited.
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