Strikers get spooked by the aura of world-class defenders and tend to avoid them altogether — especially Van Dijk ...

The way Virgil van Dijk put it on Sunday ... Normally, though, he is the master of laidback defending. Watching him, it is tempting to recall the phrase Bill Shankly used to introduce Ron Yeats ...

The Liverpool head coach is always looking for small margins to help the side get better. Set pieces are one area that he and ...

Virgil van Dijk ... always be the same." Van Dijk also appears to have been encouraged by moves being made off the pitch to strengthen the squad in anticipation of defending their Premier League ...

Virgil van Dijk appeared to have thrown away two points for Liverpool when he tangled with Andy Robertson to gift West Ham a soft equaliser. But just three minutes later, he was up the other end ...

Van Dijk also appears to have been encouraged by moves being made off the pitch to strengthen the squad in anticipation of defending their Premier League title, for which they require a maximum of two ...

Recommended Virgil van Dijk ... by miscommunication with Van Dijk. However, the Reds captain came up trumps a minute from time to head in from an Alexis Mac Allister corner, putting Arne Slot ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has said he would "love" to play with Virgil van Dijk next ... four minutes from time, before Van Dijk nodded home from a corner. "It was a big relief," Slot ...