Netherlands captain Van Dijk was booked in the 13th minute of the Reds' 1-0 victory when his studs caught Mertens' ankle after he swept the ball away in a slide tackle. Van Dijk claimed he had won ...

A tackle is a defensive move in soccer and a poor one can result in a punishment. Here's more details on tackles in soccer.

Liverpool's van Dijk sent off for tackle on Isak Shortly after Anthony Gordon's opening goal for Newcastle, Alexander Isak is brought down just outside the box by Virgil van Dijk, who receives a ...

That is, of course, until Conor Bradley, the Reds’ deputy left-back, stepped in to deprive the World Cup winner of possession with a perfectly timed, crunching slide tackle. Mbappe wasn’t the ...