LIVERPOOL captain Virgil van Dijk brutally mocked Aston Villa star Pau Torres after his attempt to win a penalty.
The Reds extended their lead at the top of the table with a 2-0 win over Villa last night.
Pau Torres went down in the box wanting a penalty
TNT Sports Virgil van Dijk was fuming over the way the Villa star went down[/caption]
APThe duo exchanged heated words[/caption]
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Darwin Nunez opened the scoring in the first-half before Mo Salah wrapped up the three points just six minutes from time.
Soon after Liverpool‘s second goal, there was a coming together between Ryan Gravenberch and Torres in the penalty area.
The Villa centre-back was knocked over by the Dutchman as they jostled for a loose ball.
Torres went down and required treatment after the penalty shout was waved away by the referee.
But Van Dijk was left fuming over what he felt was a theatrical fall from his opponent.
As Torres slowly climbed back to his feet, the Liverpool skipper went over to him and seemingly made a gesture about his height.
With TNT Sports commentator-turned-lipreader Darren Fletcher claiming Van Dijk said: “You’re 6ft’4 mate.”
Liverpool’s win took them five points ahead of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table.
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On being in the title race, Alexis Mac Allister said: “If you’d asked me before the season started, I wouldn’t say that we were candidates, but now it looks like it.”
As for Villa, they have gone five games without a win in all competitions and have slipped to eighth in the Prem.