Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk didn't mince his words over Holland's Nations League defeat to Italy.

Italy won the third-place playoff 3-2 in Holland on Sunday.

Oranje skipper Van Dijk has since reflected: "We are building something, but how we allow ourselves to be trumped, that should not happen to us and is very disappointing.

“In the second half we took risks and things went better at times, but the first half is of course never allowed. It just wasn't good enough. We should definitely look at this, especially in view of the important matches that are coming up.

“You also play for the honour and we are ashamed of how we played in the first half. We all need to take a very good look in the mirror. Things have to be very different in the next period, let's focus on that.

“It took us two years to fine-tune a system, just like we have to do now. These matches should also be seen as a learning opportunity, but we must take big steps and take our responsibility".