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Virgil van Dijk caught trolling Aston Villa rival Pau Torres with 3-word jibe after commentator lipreads Liverpool star
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LIVERPOOL captain Virgil van Dijk brutally mocked Aston Villa star Pau Torres after his attempt to win a penalty.
The Reds extended their lead at the top of the table with a 2-0 win over Villa last night.
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Darwin Nunez opened the scoring in the first-half before Mo Salah wrapped up the three points just six minutes from time.
Soon after Liverpool's second goal, there was a coming together between Ryan Gravenberch and Torres in the penalty area.
The Villa centre-back was knocked over by the Dutchman as they jostled for a loose ball.
Torres went down and required treatment after the penalty shout was waved away by the referee.
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But Van Dijk was left fuming over what he felt was a theatrical fall from his opponent.
As Torres slowly climbed back to his feet, the Liverpool skipper went over to him and seemingly made a gesture about his height.
TNT Sports commentator Darren Fletcher admitted he wasn't the best lipreader in the world but thought Van Dijk appeared to say: "You're 6ft'4 mate."
Liverpool's win took them five points ahead of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table.
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On being in the title race, Alexis Mac Allister said: "If you’d asked me before the season started, I wouldn’t say that we were candidates, but now it looks like it."
As for Villa, they have gone five games without a win in all competitions and have slipped to eighth in the Prem.
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