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Tweets and online condolence book collecting 'messages of support' for Virgil van Dijk is pulled down after rival fans mocked the reaction to his injury with 'RIP' and 'thoughts and prayers' messages

A series of tweets and an online condolence book set up to send 'messages of support' to the injured Virgil van Dijk has been taken down after rival fans mercilessly mocked the campaign.

It was announced on Sunday that the Dutchman would miss most of of the season after he suffered an ACL injury following a knee-high lunge from Jordan Pickford in Saturday's Merseyside derby.

Following the news that Liverpool would be without their talismanic defender for a while, an online forum was set up by the Liverpool Echo so that fans could 'leave words of support' for the stricken 29-year-old.