While Van Dijk was fined 100,000 euros, the punishment Haaland should have received for his insults

During a match there are too many emotions that are intensifying as the minutes go by, so this can trigger some altercations on the pitch or as Virgil Van Dijk and Erling Haaland, who were exploded against the referee after a bad decision, and the players ended up insulting the referees, which cost Van Dijk a financial fine and a one match suspension.

In both cases it is obvious that the referee's decisions were terrible, which undoubtedly generates quite a lot of impotence for the players when a referee ruins the good performance of your team, so they are undoubtedly reactions to the constant decisions that can have an impact on the outcome of the match.

Virgil Van Dijk was suspended during the match against Newcastle and had to face his punishment and an additional match on top of the suspension for insulting the referee. So Haaland will probably have to pay a bigger fine than Virgil, and although Van Dijk also insulted the referee, it may have been less offensive, as Erling said to referee Simon Hooper at the end of the match: "Fuck off, fuck off".

So this is undoubtedly a very serious offence which certainly leaves open the question of the punishment for the Norwegian, who could certainly be severely punished with a two-match suspension and a financial fine of €200,000, as Haaland's performance was undoubtedly abysmal, as he lost control of himself at the wrong time.

Haaland's costly punishment after Reds' win

This weekend's Premier League suffered a big turnaround where after Liverpool's win and Manchester City's draw, the Reds are now second on 31 points behind Arsenal on 33 points, while the Sky Blues are third on 30 points, one point behind fourth-placed Aston Villa on 29 points. So the fight in the Premier League remains very close and after Erling Haaland's punishment, the Citizens lose a big element ahead of a complex moment in the Premiership.