Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk has urged Matthijs de Ligt to be taught from his errors after making a gift of one other objective on worldwide responsibility.
The Oranje held rivals Germany to a good 2-2 draw on the Johan Cruyff Area on Tuesday evening, however may have taken all three factors from their Nations League matchup had been it not for an error from De Ligt.
The Manchester United defender gave the ball away cheaply resulting in Deniz Undav’s equaliser and was subsequently changed at half-time by Brighton & Hove Albion’s Jan-Paul van Hecke.
The newest mistake got here days after De Ligt was at fault for a objective conceded within the Netherlands’ 5-2 win at residence to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Talking to Dutch TV post-match, Van Dijk sympathised with De Ligt, but in addition warned him he might be punished for making such errors.
“That is soccer. You need to be taught from this,” he mentioned. “It was one second however on the highest degree you’re going to get punished for it.”
Netherlands boss Ronald Koeman has additionally defined his choice to take De Ligt out of the firing line after solely 45 minutes.
“After all I’d quite have stored Matthijs de Ligt on the pitch. It simply seems like he’s now in a interval the place all his errors are being punished,” Koeman mentioned.
“I gave him a brand new probability immediately, however finally protected him by taking him off.”
De Ligt will now return to United as they put together for a visit to Southampton within the Premier League on Saturday lunchtime. Van Dijk and his Liverpool facet host Nottingham Forest later that day.
