Daguccizgreat:
What are you talking about ? Is it not the same messi he caged in Anfield for 90 minutes last season. May be you don't even watch football

Daguccizgreat:
What are you talking about ? Is it not the same messi he caged in Anfield for 90 minutes last season. May be you don't even watch football

espn:
Oga read before jumping...is this the messi we have 5-7 years ago...be sincere with yourself...Who is Van Dijk when messi was hot...

espn:
Oga read before jumping...is this the messi we have 5-7 years ago...be sincere with yourself...Who is Van Dijk when messi was hot...

Adjovi:



Another excuse just to support your view......I guess you are either a barca or man u fan.

RTSC:

It is easy to break goal scoring records in an era where mustafi and David Luiz are starting defenders for a top 6 team.

In the era of Terry, carvalho, vidic, Ferdinand, Rafael, Campbell, silvestre, salah no go reach box 18.

openmine:

Exactly!
Truth is they just hate the fact that VVD is at liverpool!
If he was at barca or madrid or chelsea,or even manutd,he would called him the best!

pretyval:
The truth irrespective of whether it was credible or not is that Van D stood no chance against those men.... in my opinion he is good but there are better defenders in the world in modern football.

Daguccizgreat:
You know little about football for saying such. The player most of you regard as greatest of all time (messi) was caged in Anfield by Vvd and co for 90 minutes and eventually lost out in an embarrassing way. Think before you write

Daguccizgreat:
You are not making sense at all young man. Messi is the current world best so what shit are you talking about ?

IkpuNneGi:
Shut Tha Fvck Up

And vvd was beaten home and away by ATM

EmeraldKing7:
People go dey anaylse real life football like PlayStation

Because u don't see Van dijk performing sliding tackles like Terry or getting red cards like Ramos or getting his hips twisted like puyol does not mean he is not a good defender

The stats don't lie.Since Van dijk came to Liverpool,their defense has improved immensely.He commands the back 4 like a leader and improves his fellow comrades.Guys like matip,Arnold,Gomes and even lovren have improved very well

As for those saying football today is easy.
let me tell u something, Liverpool had 97 points last season and still finished second.
Chelsea had 95 and won it.Leicester won it with 85 points..Even Arsenal invincibles did not even win the league with 97 points

Adjovi:


Due to keeper error.

IkpuNneGi:
Shut Tha Fvck Up

And vvd was beaten home and away by ATM

uyiv:
Bros, oil dey your head

IkpuNneGi:
keeper error??

I laugh in Nonsense

espn:
Oga read before jumping...is this the messi we have 5-7 years ago...be sincere with yourself...Who is Van Dijk when messi was hot...

espn:
kid dont address people with uncouth language...You can simply pass your point by bin reasonable with your comment...

openmine:

When messi was hot?
In oda words,the goals scored by messi last season were all penalties abi?
Arguably the best player in the world is now cold,according to you, and yet that same player scored twice against liverpool at nou camp!
Na wa for una ohh

Daguccizgreat:
You are uncivilized for using such words on me. Shallow minded fellows like you do not know that Liverpool played champions league finals back to back immediately VVd arrived at anfield. Liverpool cannot continue to reach the champions league final year after year. It's not their birth right

ekevwe:


Why rating Van Dirtk this high? He is just playing top football for just 3 yrs now. He is not even a top defender compare to Tony Adams, Jam Stan, Ferdinand, John Terry, Vidic.....

These defenders faced alots of good strikers compare to this modern era that the strikers are very lazy

paulolee:
lol...i guess dt tweet is fake coming from a professional like micheal ballack, bt lets assume he tweeted it, I think the tweet is soo on point..van dijk is a good defender bt I think he is just soo overated by the over hyping british media to make the world seems that they gat the best defender in thier league bt dnt get me wrong because am taking nothing from the fact that he is the best defender in the league nt not the best in the world...i give him big respect for controlling the liverpool defense with so much confidence and his giant body structure dt do installs fear in some players bt I think he is not up to the level of some defenders like ramos, pique, chiellini, bonucci, godin, thiago silver, john terry, nemanja vidic, puyol, thuram, nesta etc in thier prime n these past defenders wasnt that hyped to the point of winning a ballon d or, the funny thing is that the british media wont mind going ahead to say that van dijk is the best ever, afterall they onced compared hazard n sterling goal ratio on their best seasons last 2 season to ronaldo n messi's performance but we all know how it ended....is it not d same van dijk dt we saw being afraid against f.cb at camp nou n was caught sleeping wen suarez ran inbetween him n d oda defender to score the first goal n was pictured ball watching messi second goal??... was he not taken to d cleaners against salzburg in anfield by dt asian kid dt Liverpool jus signed...if those listed legends are currently in epl expecially d stuborn drogba, hungry henry n dt bully costa, i guess van dijk would work more than this current season bt still be said to be the best defender in epl bcoz none id better than that i have seen for now....my opinion..

ProfAmaben:
Very true, seems the quality of football is on a rapid decline. If not, explain why a decent player like Dembele would cost 144million, or Coutinho 160million?
In the world today, how many people can we call "Strikers"? Imagine Erlin Braut Haaland a 19 year old having a price tag of 100 million Euros, Lautaro Martinez 111 million Euros, Mbappe has no price tag and could go for 250 - 300 million pounds easy.
The players today won't even break the first eleven of most top teams back then, AcMilan, Juve, Inter, Barca, Real Madrid etc are clubs that Jordan Henderson can't even be a reserve player, yet he captains the current champions league holders and would soon be premiership champions.

engrchykae:
can you imagine that Luis Fabiano and Ricardo Kaka were reserve players in 2002.
When in 2000,Etoo couldn't make Madrid first team,loaned to malorca from where he came to Barca.
You are right,football have declined so much.

espn:
Rubbish...we are talking about great defenders you are saying shit...Can Van Dijk face messi...Rooney...Ronaldo.. ronaldhino...jay jay...in der peak?

amoreobansu:


*Aguero took 255 Premier League fixtures to reach 177 goals(Active). Henry took 258 (Retired)...

*Aubameyang scored 50 in just 52 games for the club, while record goalscorer Thierry Henry doesn’t make the top ten.

*Harry Kane has scored 138 career goals for club in 198 appearances(Active). Drogba scored 100 goals in 226 appearances for Chelsea (Retired).

*Messi was unstoppable vs Man United in the 2 Champions League finals. Manchester United best defence ever failed to stop him...

Adjovi:





All of you just keep talking out of hate.....if you know nothing about football just stfu. Van dijk marks the very right way a defender should mark, you don't just jump on tackles, you anticipate and calculate. He's not perfect because no one is. A quick reminder, he won the ball from Messi that led to the 3rd goal for Liverpool against Barca last season, you can Goan watch the replay. At camp nou he was one Vs like 4 Barcelona players Messi was with the ball in Liverpool's penalty box and he won the ball from Messi.... So you all should stop hating on this guy, he's good.

Daguccizgreat:
You ain't feeling fine at all. Do you know how old I am dude ? I'm sure you are not up to my younger sister's age so choose your words carefully

ProfAmaben:

The Sevilla goal scoring machine that always made Real Madrid cry back then, you really understand football to decipher what I wrote. The so-called Van Dijk can't bench Nesta, Maldini, Jaap Stam, Fernando Hierro, Fabio Cannavaro, Marcel Desailly etc... The financial aspect has killed the sport.

GistmeBlog:
Didier Drogba Fires Back, Says Van Dijk Wouldn't Last A Minute With Him, See His Comments HERE