EPL: Why I injured Ibrahima Konate – Van Dijk

Liverpool and Dutch defender Virgil Van Dijk have released the reason why he accidentally injured his teammate and defense partner Ibrahima Konate during their Premier League victory against Brighton on Saturday.

He said there were a lot of bodies around the ball so he headed his partner on the arm.

Konate was forced to leave the Brighton match with an apparent injury after suffering pain following a challenge during a corner just before half-time.

He left the field with a makeshift hurling and was replaced by Joe Gomez at half-time.

Sharing his thoughts on his centre-back’s injury, Van Dijk told the media after the match: “So many bodies around the ball and I think I headed it on the arm.

“Hopefully it’s not too bad. We just have to see it. As a player with an arm injury you can be quite okay, so hopefully he will be fine.”

Liverpool will hope the 25-year-old’s injury is not serious as he has been a key player under the new Anfield setup.