Overview
- Manchester City beat Liverpool 4-0 in a Saturday FA Cup quarter-final at the Etihad, with Erling Haaland scoring a hat-trick.
- GOAL issued the harshest verdict on Liverpool’s captain, giving Virgil van Dijk a 2 and saying his foul led to a penalty.
- Liverpool.com scored Van Dijk 5, noted he brought down O’Reilly for the spot kick, and said the defence was pulled apart in a brief meltdown.
- The Daily Express and This Is Anfield each rated Van Dijk 4, describing a game that unraveled after the penalty incident and saying he never recovered.
- Manager Arne Slot drew blame for the team’s response to setbacks, with GOAL rating him 3, and no formal club response was reported.