Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has dismissed complaints from Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti after their Champions League win on Tuesday.
Ancelotti claimed that Van Dijk should have been sent off for a first-half challenge on Dries Mertens.
The £75million centre-back, who caught the Belgium international with his studs after playing the ball, picked up a booking which will rule him out of the first leg of the last 16 tie in February.
“I don't think it was a bad challenge at all," he insisted.
“Unfortunately, I touched him, but I would never go in to hurt him or anything like that.
“I had the ball and obviously with the wet pitch you slide through and I touched him but that's football.
“Unfortunately, I'm suspended now for the first game. I heard it after the game so I was a bit disappointed about that, but we have plenty of quality players to fill my gap."
The Dutchman continued: "We want to reach the maximum and hopefully do better than we did last year in the Champions League. You need to have dreams, you need to go for it, otherwise why would you be a footballer?
"It's a great time to be a Liverpool fan or player. It's tough but enjoy it and embrace it. These are the days you want to experience as a footballer and we are."
