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Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk to sit out Belgium-Netherlands friendly

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk will not play for Netherlands against Belgium in Tuesday's friendly, the Dutch FA (KNVB) has announced.

Van Dijk, who scored the opening goal for his country as they beat rivals Germany 3-0 in Amsterdam on Saturday, suffered a rib injury before Liverpool's Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain last month.

Although he aggravated the problem in the win over Southampton the following week, he has since played against Chelsea, Napoli and Manchester City as well as in the Germany game.

But in a statement, the KNVB said national captain Van Dijk would not travel to Belgium.