Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk suffered a nasty damage throughout final week’s 1-0 win over Atalanta, nevertheless it has not stored the centre-back from taking to the sector.
Van Dijk is now the one participant to function in each minute of Liverpool’s ridiculous run of seven video games in 22 days to date.
The Dutchman has clocked 10-and-a-half hours on the pitch in three weeks, with Alexis Mac Allister‘s personal tireless run ultimately damaged as he was rested in opposition to Fulham on Sunday.
He has finished so whereas carrying a painful damage, having dislocated his finger within the early levels of the Europa League second-leg victory over Atalanta.
Chatting with journalists on Sunday, Van Dijk revealed the collision early on in Bergamo – which pressured play to be stopped whereas he acquired remedy – left his finger “pointing in unsuitable path.”
“Within the first minute in opposition to Atalanta it was pointing within the unsuitable path,” he instructed the Liverpool Echo.
“It’s dislocated, yeah. I did it as soon as earlier than in opposition to Norway with Holland. It’s solely a finger!”
Whereas the damage might have left these watching on wincing, Van Dijk is clearly unaffected and performed a key position within the win over Fulham.
The chances are, all being nicely, the 32-year-old retains his place for the entire ultimate 5 video games of the season, which might carry him to 48 appearances for the marketing campaign.
“We need to win it”
He has continued to be a mainstay after inheriting the captain’s armband, and he may nonetheless finish the season by lifting the Premier League trophy.
“We had six video games to go and Fulham was a really huge one. We confirmed a response after some disappointing video games,” Van Dijk contiued.
“We did our job, we received. That’s what it’s all about. It was a great efficiency. Now it’s time to recuperate. We go once more in three days, huge sport, Merseyside derby.
“We need to win it. That’s the mindset we all the time have. They are going to have that as nicely. Now we have to recuperate and take accountability to be prepared for Wednesday.
“It’s demanding for all of us. However we’ve got that accountability to do every part in our energy to be prepared for it. We’ll have a really mild coaching session on Tuesday however a tactical one.”
There will probably be no extra preventative measures over Van Dijk’s very minor damage – because it places it: it’s solely a finger!
