The prospect of a cup final certainly brings with it plenty of expectation, due to which teams often opt to play safe rather than go all in. Yesterday’s Carabao Cup final, however, was the exact opposite as Liverpool and Chelsea delivered 120 minutes of high octane football, which somehow ended up scoreless. And so it ...
The inevitable has finally happened, Joel Matip has now successfully converted one of his attacking ventures. It occurred during Liverpool‘s 6-0 thumping of Leeds United. The Merseyside Reds were at their emphatic best on the night, and even Matip managed to grab a goal. The Cameroonian went off on one of his offensive forays before attempting a ...
The NBA x Football crossovers continue and are fairly common as of late. The latest one features the Big Dutchman Virgil van Dijk and Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler. The latter has recently started following the beautiful game and looks to be taking an interest in the Merseyside Reds especially. Last Friday, he took to ...
Last night, Arsenal and Liverpool played out a dire 1-1 statemate in their quest for qualification into the EFL Cup final. A disappointing affair, to say the least, considering the two sides fielded perhaps the strongest XI’s possible. A 24th-minute red card for Granit Xhaka clarified the Gunners’ objective, which was to survive an onslaught ...
Virgil van Dijk is a modern-day great, his towering presence alone in the backline enough to unnerve strikers on any given day. Aside from his defending skills, the Dutchman seems to have had a flair for acting as well, a fact that remained hidden until very recently. Van Dijk took to Instagram to reveal the ...
Liverpool received a major boost to their title chase after talisman Roberto Firmino joined back the squad for training following a hamstring injury. The Brazilian remained sidelined since early November after picking up an injury during Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Atletico Madrid. And though deemed to be a serious injury at first, the Liverpool No. ...
Liverpool produced a resounding performance against Arsenal, registering a 4-0 victory over the Gunners. The front three of Sadio Mane, Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah were all on the scoresheet as the Reds were at their imperious best going forward. While a lot of the plaudits for the victory went to the attackers, Virgil van ...
Great captains who aren't captains.
Both Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez made their long-awaited return to football last night, but their comeback got marred by a long-time familiar foe in Stevan Jovetic. It was a particularly long time out of action for the defensive duo, both of whom came off the bench after 70 minutes against Hertha Berlin at ...
Liverpool’s latest pre-season friendly did not quite go to plan, as the Merseyside outfit lost 4-3 to Hertha Berlin. Despite the loss, there were still positives to take as two very familiar faces returned to action for Liverpool in yesterday’s pre-season friendly. Virgil van Dijk (285) and Joe Gomez (259) came back off an injury ...
There are very few footballers in the world who can stand next to Virgil van Dijk. Not only is the Liverpool centre back one of the very best defenders in the game, but he is also an absolute colossus of a footballer who is amongst one of the most physically dominant players in the world. ...
Virgil van Dijk’s rehabilitation process is at a stage where he is now being allowed to use his operated leg to full effect as evident by his pulverising strike in training today. The Dutchman has been left with a huge battle scar on his knee, an ugly reminder of the gruesome injury that he suffered ...
You don’t become one of the most sought after footballers in the world, and achieve what these players have, without an uncompromising and unapologetic attitude towards doing whatever it takes to win. You might love or hate their attitude but there is no denying that these players are built differently, from a footballing standpoint and ...
Who would have thought that Jordan Pickford’s mis-timed challenge that prematurely ended Virgil van Dijk’s season would still be a talking point among the masses 52 days after the incident took place in a hotly contested Merseyside Derby. As it turns out, it still remains a hot topic and it’s the Everton fans who are ...
Virgil van Dijk has had an extraordinary past couple of seasons as he helped Liverpool win the Champions League and the Premier League in successive campaigns. He has been almost undroppable for Jürgen Klopp since his arrival in 2017, with his immense leadership and defensive process: no opposition player had dribbled past Van Dijk even ...
A Van Dijk regen has been spotted in Dutch league If attackers weren’t already intimidated by one enormous and commanding Dutch centre-half, they now have their troubles doubled. Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk seems to have a doppelgänger of the same nationality as him, and their similarities don’t just stop at their positions. Kellian van ...
Liverpool’s pre-season training is underway as the players, coaches and staff members met in Austria for a training camp to prepare for the upcoming season. The Reds are currently based on the outskirts of Salzburg as Van Dijk and co step up preparations for the start of the 2020-21 season. The Dutch defender recently showed ...
