Virgil Van Dijk

Newcastle 2 Liverpool 3 – Rafa’s Red Carpet Left Much To Be Desired

When the time comes, you'll be down in the crypts. They're the safest place to be. We'll put you in the crypt, where it's safest. Rafa will roll out the red carpet for Liverpool. Newcastle will be on the beach. Geordies want Liverpool to win. Yeah, I think we’ve learned this week not to trust long-running, repetitive narratives. Just a...

Newcastle 2-3 Liverpool – Player Ratings as Reds stay alive… just!

Before we start this piece, I'm going to have to tender an apology in advance. If any of the writing is incoherent, blame it on Liverpool Football Club and this priceless ability it has, to ensure that fans are never able to enjoy games in peace. Well, that was massive! It had to be done...

Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk rallies Reds ahead of Barca battle

Newly-crowned PFA Player of the Year for 2019, Virgil van Dijk, says this Liverpool team will be giving everything they have to come away from Camp Nou with a positive result on Wednesday night. As reported on Liverpoolfc.com, Van Dijk stated that he is not surprised The Reds have made it this far for the...

Greatness Beckons for Player of the Year Van Dijk

For just the fourth time in 40 years, a centre-back has been named PFA Player of the Year, and he couldn't be a more worthy winner. Joining Gary Pallister, Paul McGrath and John Terry is Virgil van Dijk, following a season unlike many ever seen by a defender at Liverpool. When gushing over a player in...

Cardiff City v Liverpool Preview – All to play for in Wales on Sunday

The Details Venue - Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Referee - Martin Atkinson Date & Time - Sunday, April 21st @ 16:00 Current Odds - Cardiff City 14/1, Draw 11/2, Liverpool 2/11 Form Cardiff City Form Cardiff had lost three games in a row before Tuesday night's visit to Brighton. They won 2-0 at the Amex Stadium, ensuring the battle for Premier...

Match Report: Liverpool stroll while City stumble

Match Report: Porto 0 Liverpool 2 Champions League quarterfinals aren’t supposed to feel this casual. Nothing Liverpool related is supposed to feel this casual. And, so it was that what you might have thought would be a sunny trip to northern Portugal would end up being a deluge. Jurgen Klopp sent out a strong side while...

Man of the Match as Liverpool dispatch Chelsea 2-0

As Jordan Henderson moves seamlessly from defensive midfield to a more advanced role, I look to do similar by taking up the 'Man of the Match' element of this week's post-match work, rotating my 'Virgil Van Dijk (8): What a lovely beard he has' player rating duties to the lovely Aaditya Narayan. And what a...

Virgil van Dijk was singing the praises of Naby Keita after Porto win

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk hailed Naby Keita as a "fantastic player" after another goalscoring performance from The Reds' number eight. Keita had struggled to settle into Liverpool's midfield since his arrival from the Bundesliga's RB Leipzig last summer due to some below-par performances coupled with niggling injury concerns. However, the Guinean international has started the...

Could be out of sight, but still in command – Observations from Reds’ 2-0 win over Porto

That could've been a lot better. But Liverpool are still in command of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal tie against Porto, after a 2-0 win at Anfield in the first leg. The Reds were superb in the opening exchanges, with Naby Keita opening the scoring via a lucky deflection off Otavio. Roberto Firmino capped off...

Player ratings as Liverpool defeat Porto

A good midfield performance, no away goals conceded and one foot into the last four. Pretty much all Jurgen Klopp could have asked for as Liverpool defeated Porto 2-0 in their Champions League quarter final first leg. Naby Keita opened the scoring via aid of a deflection early on before Roberto Firmino tapped in a...