Goal.com · Mar 24, 2019
Van Dijk and Dutch team-mates lament first-half ‘difficulties’ against Germany
Speaking after the game the Liverpool defender criticised the Netherlands’ first-half performance, as did Matthijs de Ligt and Memphis Depay
Virgil van Dijk and his Dutch team-mates claimed they were unlucky to lose against Germany on Sunday night, but only had themselves to blame after a poor first-half performance.
The four-time World champions had led 2-0 in Amsterdam on Sunday, through goals from Leroy Sane and Serge Gnabry, but were pegged back in the second period.
Strikes from Matthijs de Ligt and Memphis Depay meant the Netherlands were on level terms within 20 minutes of half-time, only to concede a heart-breaking injury-time winner from Nico Schulz.
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