Virgil Van Dijk

Why Virgil Van Dijk is better than Sergio Ramos

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Virgil van Dijk says Liverpool are ready to battle for all trophies this season

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk says The Reds are aiming to win every game they have between now and the next international break in October. As reported in The Mirror, Van Dijk claimed that Liverpool's aim is to win all seven games they have in that period. "We want to keep going - and we want...

Is Van Dijk the Premier League’s best-ever centre-back?

Has a Liverpool player ever received as much endless praise over a sustained period than Virgil van Dijk? The Dutchman has been an almost godlike figure at Anfield from the moment he arrived in January 2018, powering home a header in front of the Kop on his debut, against Everton no less. Since then, Van Dijk...

Virgil van Dijk says there are “still plenty of things to improve” at Liverpool

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk insists there is still plenty of room for improvement at the club as they look to achieve a prolonged period of success. The Dutch international was speaking to Premier League Productions when he stated that his, and the club's, focus is on improving all the time. Liverpool's UEFA Men's Player of...

Virgil van Dijk – The Game Changer

I have to start the article with a disclaimer - English is not my native language and I fear my vocabulary will fail me in describing just how amazing Virgil van Dijk is. It is a task even Shakespeare might have found impossible if he had to create a sonnet about Liverpool's number four. The...

Player Ratings as Liverpool Sweep Burnley Aside

An exceedingly comfortable 3-0 victory against the most abhorrent club in the Premier League. They tried their usual dirty, boring tactics but were made to look like a bunch of part-timers by the Europeans Champions. A thoroughly satisfying win as we head into the international break. Adrian: 6 Had very little to do. Easy game for...

Joel Matip: The best partner for Virgil Van Dijk

We're four years into Joel Matip's Liverpool career and only now are we getting to see him finally fulfil his potential. He arrived during the summer of 2016 and immediately had fans on his side purely by not being Martin Skrtel. For years prior, the Slovakian had been one of the mainstays in a leaky...

Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal – Player Ratings as Reds stroll past Gunners

Liverpool made it three wins out of three to start the Premier League season, with a superb 3-1 win at Anfield, on an evening when the Reds were dominant for large parts of the game. After a first half that Jurgen Klopp's side controlled, Joel Matip gave them the lead with a superb header off...

Southampton 1-2 Liverpool – Player Ratings as Reds scrap to St. Mary’s win

Given the circumstances, Liverpool came away from a potential banana-skin at St. Mary's with a superb three points, after beating Southampton 2-1, thanks to goals from Sadio Mané and Roberto Firmino. The Reds were dominated for large periods of the first half, but went into the break with Mané's stunning curler putting them in front....

Virgil van Dijk delights in Liverpool’s UEFA Super Cup victory

Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk hopes that The Reds can continue the habit of winning silverware after they added another European trophy to the Champions League title they won in June. Jurgen Klopp's side overcame Chelsea in a penalty shootout victory in the heat in Turkey after a thrilling 2-2 draw with Frank Lampard's side. Sadio Mané...