Matthijs de Ligt admits Netherlands "lost because of what I did"

Netherlands defender Matthijs de Ligt accepted the blame after his side suffered a shock loss to the Czech Republic in the last 16 of Euro 2020.

The Dutch capitulated after De Ligt was sent off in Budapest and were beaten 2-0 after second-half goals from Tomas Holes and Patrik Schick on Sunday.

De Ligt was dismissed for denying a goalscoring opportunity by handling the ball as he lost his footing chasing back to prevent a Czech attack.

The Juventus centre-back said on NOS TV: “Of course, it feels bad. We basically lost the match because of what I did. In hindsight, I shouldn’t have let the ball bounce.

“I thought that we had the game under control. We had a few chances, particularly in the first half.

“I didn’t have the feeling that they created lots of chances either but the red card obviously made the difference.”