Virgil van Dijk has had a tricky season at Liverpool. (Photograph by Ryan Pearce/Getty Photographs)
Liverpool have had a really tough few weeks and their poor kind continued on the weekend with defeat at Brentford. Arne Slott’s staff suffered 4 consecutive defeats within the Premier League, dropping them to seventh place.
A lot has been fabricated from the struggles of latest signings Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz, however some gamers who have been at a really excessive stage final season haven’t been in a position to reproduce their kind – together with captain Virgil van Dijk.
Alan Shearer and Micah Richards speak about Virgil van Dijk’s combat
Talking on The Relaxation Is Soccer (by way of TBR Soccer), Alan Shearer focused Van Dijk and centre-back accomplice Ibrahima Konate for his or her efficiency towards Brentford.
“They’re very dangerous all around the pitch. And no matter you need about them in midfield, the dearth of protection or the dearth of coordination between the gamers up entrance. However defensively, effectively, it goes with out saying.”
“So it is Van Dijk and Konate. The 2 full-backs have gotten a number of stick and a number of criticism, and I perceive that, and I perceive that. However two centre-backs? They’re in every single place. They have been horrible. They usually have been at Brentford — they have been each horrible, I imply Van Dijk and Konate, proper?”
Micah Richards agreed with Shearer, however believes Van Dijk’s struggles have been attributable to little assist from Konate.
“Oh, they have been horrible. And I feel what we’re seeing now’s that Van Dijk wants assist. What number of occasions has Van Dijk bailed them out within the season up to now? If you consider the partnership, we… We have at all times talked about Van Dijk and the way good he’s. He wants Konate to bail him out in the meanwhile, however that is not taking place, so you’ll be able to’t have two centre-halves enjoying effectively on the identical time.”
Liverpool want to interrupt out of that rut as quickly as attainable if they’re to have the perfect likelihood of retaining their presently slipping Premier League title.
