Gary Neville couldn’t assume what he saw from Virgil van Dijk in Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester United as Jamie Carragher hit out at the Reds “baby”.
Harry Maguire’s last-minute header guarded with one voice 3 times for United at Anfield, in a arcade which underscored the collective combats of Arne Adapter’s side too as the disadvantageous individual capabilities of Mohamed Salah, Alexander Isak as well as Van Dijk, who was at mistake for Bryan Mbeumo’s opener.
Van Dijk clattered right into teammate Alexis Mac Allister – disowning him prostrate on the floor grasping his head – as well as Mbeumo, after that fallen short to block a Bruno Fernandes enact or track previously as Mbeumo dashed in behind him to ranking.
Gary Neville was abandoned without words by the Liverpool captain, adage on elucidation: “Mac Allister goes down, yet what startles me is Van Dijk. Mbeumo runs off him; he can’t see him. That is the substantial stagger.
“Mbeumo reacts like a boxer off the progression, as well as he is away. Mamardashvili can’t maintain it out, a majestic overture for Manchester United. I can’t bargain if Van Dijk is attempting to dabble him offside. He times in the instruction of Konate as if to claim, ‘That is your male.’ It is a creepy handover from him.”
Discovering the urge on Firmaments Sporting activities, Roy Keane said: “Seemingly the referee might shun it yet I don’t recognized why Virgil van Dijk is gaining compelled [with the header]. He after that goes previously in [to tackle Fernandes] so he is out of posture. Liverpool is on the previously foot yet it is disadvantageous from Van Dijk.”
Redknapp included: “It is vibrant from United yet Van Dijk renders a substantial disadvantageous slide. He has to sprint previously. Of course there is a ill lot of money yet you have to administer intake of previously right into shape. He can’t just enact it on to [Ibrahima] Konate.”
And Konate, a number befouled for the majority of of this period as well as blamed for Liverpool’s combats, drew kudo after the arcade from Carragher, who badgered Van Dijk in the procedure.
“More shocking is the challenge Cunha won versus Van Dijk 10 secs previously that,” Carragher said on Firmaments Sporting activities.
“For the majority of this period, Van Dijk has had to filter after as well as utterly baby Konate along with him. It’s chores overturned so far in this arcade.”
Milos Kerkez withstood another arduous arcade, as well as Neville picked out Liverpool’s abandoned flank in which Kerkez tinkered along with Van Dijk, as the substantial woe for the Reds.
“Konate has been so superior. At times, he’s been Liverpool’s only protector. He’s implemented utterly well. The rest of them are battling,” Neville included.
“In basic the right hand side of Liverpool’s defence administer makes serviceability of penalized. But today it’s the abandoned hand side. Kerkez as well as Van Dijk have struggled.”
