'He has to control himself, definitely': Virgil van Dijk tells Darwin Nunez he must keep his cool after the £85m Liverpool striker's red card for headbutting Joachim Andersen... but insists his nightmare home debut will be a 'learning curve' for the futur

Virgil van Dijk has acknowledged Liverpool’s record signing Darwin Nunez has to learn to control himself if he wants to be a Premier League hit.

Nunez’s bright start to life in England fell apart on Monday night when he was sent off on his Anfield debut for headbutting Crystal Palace’s Joachim Andersen.

The £85million Uruguayan had been wound up by the close attentions of his marker but van Dijk, one of the senior stars in the Anfield dressing-room, is adamant it can’t happen again.

‘He has to control himself, definitely,’ insisted van Dijk.