Virgil Van Dijk lightened the team with Firmino

Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk said he was grateful to be Roberto Firmino's teammate and not Brazil's opponent.

Praise was expressed by Van Dijk after the defeat of Liverpool by Newcastle. Playing at Anfield on Saturday (9/14/2019) yesterday, the Reds won 3-1.

Firmino is actually a substitute. He was registered after Divock Origi's withdrawal in the 37th minute due to injury.

Firmino does not score. But he contributed to the Reds' second and third goals scored by Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.

Praise for Firmino quickly sank after he gave even intelligent and beautiful help.


very important

Van Dijk also admitted that the 27-year-old is a vital player for Liverpool. He admitted that keeping classmates from Firmino was indeed very difficult.

In addition, Firmino is not the type of attacker who still leads. He was relieved that the former Hoffenheim player was his partner and not his opponent.

"He is a very important player for all of us," Van Dijk told BT Sport.

"I know how difficult it is for a central defender if the attacker falls. You don't want to be a center back." "It makes life difficult for all world defenders," he exclaimed.

"He is very good and I am very happy that he is part of my team," continued Van Dijk.



Good reaction



In the match against Newcastle, Liverpool had the final goal. But in the end, the Reds were able to continue playing calmly and scored three goals.

Van Dijk was also impressed by the intelligent reaction from his team-mates. In addition, Liverpool can finally get all the points.

"Obviously, it is very important to get three more points, we know it is difficult to break [their defense], we analyze them especially when we play against Spurs, how they continue to defend themselves and wait for their opportunities," he explained.

"Behind 1-0, it was not good, but we reacted well, we reacted correctly and the victory was good," Van Dijk concluded.

With this victory over Newcastle, Liverpool are now firmly on top of the Premier League. Virgil van Dijk cs has 15 points in five matches, five ahead of Manchester City in second place.

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