Wijnaldum and team-mate Frenkie de Jong pointed to the colour of their skin after the Liverpool star scored the first of his three goals. "He said he feels so happy with this Dutch team, where this problem [of racism] does not occur. Earlier this week, midfielder Wijnaldum said the incident involving Mendes Moreira "really hit me on a personal level". "I never expected anything like this to happen in the Netherlands," he told the Liverpool Echo. Wijnaldum - who was captain for the game in the absence of Liverpool team-mate Virgil van Dijk - is the first midfielder to score a hat-trick for the Netherlands since Johan Neeskens in 1972.

Source: BBC November 20, 2019 11:37 UTC