Van Dijk makes “penalty moment” point after Liverpool’s late Man City defeat

Virgil van Dijk has offered a measured breakdown of our 2-1 defeat to Manchester City at Anfield, pointing to the first-half struggle, the shift after the break, and the “penalty moment” that ultimately decided it.

Dominik Szoboszlai’s stunning 76th-minute free-kick had put Arne Slot’s side in front, but Bernardo Silva equalised before Erling Haaland converted a stoppage-time penalty to complete the turnaround, with Szoboszlai also sent off late on and now suspended for the trip to Sunderland.