Virgil van Dijk has hit back at Sean Dillon after the Dundee United skipper said he set out to injure him during the League Cup Final . Dillon required six minutes of treatment , and a number of stitches , after coming off second best in a 50-50 with the Dutchman . To compound his frustration , in his absence , Kris Commons scored the goal which put Ronny Deila ’ s side on their way to a 2-0 triumph . Dillon was later sent off for a lunge on Emilio Izaguirre but felt justice was not correctly served in his earlier confrontation with van Dijk . ‘ I think he left his leg in , I didn ’ t like it , ’ Dillon stated . ‘ I get the ball , he gets my leg , and they get a throw-in . So that ’ s very frustrating . Sean Dillon claimed that Virgil van Dijk tried to injure him during the Scottish League Cup Final . ‘ I ’ m not going to exaggerate it but it ’ s a big gash , about three inches long maybe , and I needed seven stitches in it. ’ But van Dijk hit back at Dillon ’ s version of events by insisting there was nothing in the challenge . ‘ No , never , ’ van Dijk countered . ‘ I know we are not going to have the same conversations as we had last week but I can honestly say I didn ’ t do anything wrong . ‘ I didn ’ t leave my foot in , I would never do that on a fellow player. ’ Van Dijk had been sent packing by Craig Thompson at Tannadice and only learned on Thursday that he was free to take his place at Hampden . He admitted the uncertainty surrounding the disciplinary case made the build-up to the game far from ideal . Van Dijk helped Celtic on their way to a 2-0 victory at Hampden Park . ‘ It was a very good feeling to win the cup , especially after the tough week I had personally , ’ said the Dutchman . ‘ I was worried after the game last week . I was very stressed and really down . ‘ I couldn ’ t believe I was sent off . I was disappointed with the red card and knew it was going to be a long week even though we said we were going to appeal straight away . ‘ You want to know as soon as possible . ‘ It was a strange week so I was just happy to be able to play . It would have been very hard to watch it from the stands . ‘ This was my first final ever and it was special . We are on our way for the Treble and we want to make history . I wanted to play in the final very badly. ’ ‘ It gives the manager a boost - but it gives everyone at Celtic a boost . We knew if we were up for it we had a chance to win it . Hopefully we can go on and win the league and Scottish Cup . That ’ s what we aim to do . Dundee United skipper Dillon saw red later in the game for a foul on Emilio Izaguirre . ‘ We know if we are at 100 per cent we can beat everyone in the country . I am very confident we will get the job done. ’ Nir Bitton meantime spent the past week nursing fears over the prospect of personal League Cup Final heartbreak . After limping off during the stormy 1-1 Scottish Cup quarter final draw with Dundee United the previous Sunday , the Israeli admits he was slowly coming to terms with the fact he was going to miss the biggest game of his life . That would have been a cruel blow for Bitton , who admits to becoming hooked on Hampden during the 2-0 semi final win over Rangers last month . In the end , however , the prospect of a first cup win of his fledgling career proved the perfect pain relief for his aching ankle . ‘ I ’ ll be honest with you , at the beginning of last week , I didn ’ t expect to be fit for the Final , ’ Bitton said . ‘ I trained for the first time on Saturday morning and I was a little bit afraid going into the game . If it was a league game , I may have given the injury a little bit more time to heal . ‘ But I pushed it simply because it was a cup final . Nobody wants to miss a cup final in their life , especially after the atmosphere that I felt at Hampden in the semi final win over Rangers . ‘ I ’ m just happy that I managed to get back and we managed to win . When it comes to a Cup Final , you know everything is about winning and you think of nothing else when you win . So I ’ m happy to have won and I ’ m happy to have the trophy . ’
Virgil van Dijk claimed that Sean Dillon had set out to injure him . Celtic 's Dutch defender Van Dijk denies Dundee United captain 's claim .