Van Dijk is more diligent at long distributions (4.2 long balls per match) and has a slightly higher pass rate (75.1%), but maintains possession a fraction lower at 91.4 percent.

Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool tackles Jeremie Frimpong of Bayer Leverkusen.© Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images Bayer Leverkusen wing-back Jeremie Frimpong.© Pau Barrena/Getty Images ...

When the shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year was announced, one name was conspicuously absent - Virgil van Dijk. The Liverpool captain was a cornerstone of the Reds' resurgence in ...

Virgil van Dijk has told Liverpool team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold to "deal with it" after being booed in his first match since announcing he'll leave the club.

Virgil van Dijk said that Arne Slot's arrival at Liverpool last summer gave the team a "good challenge" after nine years of Jurgen Klopp. Klopp, who sent a congratulatory message to his former ...