article_snippet.sent: Van Dijk believed Van Dijk had sampled the worst refereeing decision of Van Dijk career the night Van Dijk landed an early red card against Inter Milan.
article_snippet.sent: Events at Hampden on Sunday forced Van Dijk to revise Van Dijk opinion.
article_snippet.sent: In the aftermath of a contentious Scottish Cup semi-final defeat to Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Van Dijk found sleep elusive.
article_snippet.sent: Van Dijk leaves field following
article_snippet.sent: Van Dijk side's 3-2 to Inverness in the Scottish Cup semi-final .
article_snippet.sent: For Van Dijk, the collective burst of myopia was remarkable.
article_snippet.sent: A greater lapse on a wider scale than the red card Van Dijk received from Slovakian official Ivan Kruzliak in the last 32 of the Champions League in February; a decision Van Dijk described at the time as the worst Van Dijk had experienced.
article_snippet.sent: Resting Van Dijk arms on a table in a Glasgow hotel after being shortlisted for the PFA Scotland player of the year award, Van Dijk Van Dijk said of the Meekings flashpoint: '
article_snippet.sent: Van Dijk netted a superb free-kick against Caley Thistle but it wasn't enough to secure victory . '
article_snippet.sent: I put the ref in a position in Milan to give me a red card (following his challenges on Rodrigo Palacio and Mauro Icardi) and Parkhead's what I have to learn from. '
article_snippet.sent: Van Dijk is clear that punishing the Inverness player would have been futile and pointless.
article_snippet.sent: The blame for what happened lies, Van Dijk believes, with the officials who created the mess and then closed ranks to insist ranks simply hadn't seen the mess.
article_snippet.sent: The Celtic manager returned home to stare at the walls while, for Van Dijk, counting sheep proved an inadequate antidote to insomnia. '
article_snippet.sent: Thereafter what transpires between Falkirk and Inverness in the Hampden final on May 30 is a source of utter indifference for the likes of van Dijk. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Van Dijk was sent off against Inter Milan in the last 32 of the Champions League in February .