Virgil van Dijk believes Liverpool must defend ‘together’ as a unit against Lionel Messi when they fight Barcelona for a place in this year’s Champions League final. Liverpool sealed their spot in the final four with a 6-1 aggregate win over Porto on Wednesday after Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Roberto […]
Virgil Van Dijk
Jürgen Klopp is hopeful on Virgil van Dijk’s fitness after the defender sustained an injury late on during Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Tottenham. Van Dijk collided with Moussa Sissoko while successfully defending a two-on-one Tottenham counter-attack in the 85th minute of Sunday’s gane at Anfield. The Reds went on to […]
Nemanja Vidic said he would not swap any of Manchester United’s defenders for Virgil van Dijk or his Liverpool team-mates, while praising Victor Lindelof. United led the Premier League with 19 clean sheets in 2017-18 yet their goal has been breached in all but six of their 26 matches this […]
Virgil van Dijk insists he will always be entitled defend his team-mates after getting into a bust-up with Arsenal defender Sokratis during Liverpool’s match with Arsenal on Saturday. Sokratis was confronting Mohamed Salah in the tunnel at half-time after the Liverpool forward won a penalty to ensure Arsenal were behind […]
Arsenal were given the chance to sign Virgil van Dijk for just £12million but rejected him over fears he was ‘too nonchalant’ for the Premier League. The Liverpool centre-back has now established himself as arguably the best centre-back in England after his record £75m transfer to Anfield last January. But […]
Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti believes VAR would have shown Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk a red card for his challenge on Dries Mertens in their key Champions League encounter on Tuesday. Van Dijk was shown just a yellow for his first-half tackle, with Liverpool going on to edge Napoli 1-0 […]
Virgil van Dijk has talked on Dejan Lovren’s feud with Sergio Ramos, describing the Real Madrid captain as “not my type of defender”. Lovren mocked Ramos in the lead up to Croatia’s Nations League win over Spain on Thursday, saying the Madrid defender is made to look better by team-mates, […]
Virgil van Dijk has said Liverpool’s players can cope with manager Jurgen Klopp’s ruthless squad rotation, conceding the only alternative would be to exit the club. Klopp has made a several changes throughout Liverpool’s unbeaten start to the campaign, which, even though the winning run came to an end, was […]
Virgil Van Dijk was unable to continue the game and had to be subbed off four minutes later, with Joe Gomez coming on to replace him. However, Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp expressed his confidence that the injury is unlikely to keep the influential defender on the sidelines for long. […]