Journalist takes brutal dig at Chelsea player after one incident which highly amused Van Dijk
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7-second readOne journalist was far from impressed with the antics of Chelsea defender Malo Gusto in his team’s Carabao Cup clash against Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday night.
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One journalist was far from impressed with the antics of Chelsea defender Malo Gusto in his team’s Carabao Cup clash against Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday night.
Early in the second half, the 23-year-old received the merest of contact from Virgil van Dijk and threw himself to the ground in apparent agony, clutching his leg in melodramatic fashion while the Reds captain simply looked at him with a face of bemusement.
A couple of minutes later, the Blues left-back was gently nudged by Bradley Barcola in front of the Kenny Dalglish Stand and again fell to the turf dramatically, even removing his boot and waving it at the assistant referee to try and dupe him into thinking that he’d been grievously harmed.
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- Chelsea, Liverpool
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