Virgil van Dijk predicts Joel Matip moment that sparked applause from Liverpool squad
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Virgil van Dijk saw information technology coming.
Liverpool's No.4 was delighted to see Joel Matip finally be rewarded for his enterprising runs forrard with a goal during the Reds' comprehensive 6-0 victory over Leeds United at Anfield.
And he revealed that he told his eye-back partner the moment was imminent in the build-up to Wednesday's game.
Extended highlights: Liverpool 6-0 Leeds
"Information technology's a big quality of him – I wish I had that quality at times!" Van Dijk told Liverpoolfc.com of Matip'south surging dribbles.
"He just tin get without whatsoever fearfulness at all and hope for the best a trivial bit! But he has that quality. It'southward a big strength of him and patently it's useful because it drags other players from their position and today plainly the space was there to make that run and finish it off.
"I said to him already earlier the game I felt it coming because he had an help for Diogo and I said, 'A goal is next!' so I'm obviously very happy for him."
For the rest of our post-match interview with Van Dijk, who also scored confronting Leeds, read on…
Virgil, it was a wonderful win against a tricky opponent…
Very important. A very good win against a difficult opponent; difficult in the fashion that they play a certain mode that is intense, intense with running. They never give up so we had to be ready to fight, to do the hard work and brand the extra metres and I think we did that very well. We scored obviously with the penalisation, that helps a petty bit, simply overall I remember [information technology was] a very good performance.
It'south fantastic to see Joel stay injury-free and be playing and then well…
I think likewise himself, mentally he is at a good place. I think the four of the states, because nosotros cannot forget Joe, who is obviously not even in the squad at the moment, but 4 of u.s. are keeping each other equally sharp as nosotros can. We need everyone and obviously it's very skillful to see that he is fit, he is playing on a high level and whether I play with him, Ibou or Joe, it's e'er good to exist out in that location together and work difficult.
Salah has 27 goals this flavour now and the best goals-to-game ratio in the club's history – practise you sense he is fifty-fifty hungrier for success than ever?
Yes, of grade. He is chasing records simply he knows that beginning and foremost we want to attain good things during this season. He has a big part to play in that with his goals, just also with his defending, with his piece of work-rate and stuff. Obviously two goals once again, Sadio two goals again, so an incredible game for them. Something to build on and to hopefully take with u.s. to the cup concluding.
The Carabao Cup final is next – how much are you looking forrad to Wembley on Dominicus?
Yes, I am looking forrad to it. I am looking forward to it a lot. Information technology's going to be tough; Chelsea is a very, very good team, tactical-wise they accept a clear plan and it's going to be interesting [to see] how they will try to beat us. But we will set well, we will recover from tonight and give everything that nosotros've got on the weekend and with our fans and stuff, it's going to exist hopefully a bye. But no doubt, it's going to be very hard.
Published 24th February 2022
Source: https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/virgil-van-dijk-i-wish-i-had-joels-quality
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