Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk has expressed his disappointment towards fans who disrupted the minute's silence in memory of Diogo Jota before Sunday's Community Shield.

Both Liverpool and Crystal Palace gathered around the centre circle for what was supposed to be a minute of memory to Jota, who passed away alongside his brother, André Silva, in a car accident earlier this summer. Unfortunately, the silent tribute had to be cut short after noise from a number of supporters in the Palace end sparked a frustrated response which soon turned into deafening boos.

"Yeah, I'm disappointed," Van Dijk reflected on the incident after Palace's penalty shootout victory . "That's the only thing I can say. There was plenty trying to shush it down, but obviously that doesn't help them. It is what it is

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