Liverpool's Van Dijk & Klopp have been named Premier League's Player & Manager of the Month for December.
The Reds won all seven outings in the division to move to the top of the table, with 22 goals scored and three conceded.
Van Dijk figured in each of those fixtures, helping the team to four clean sheets and also netting his first top-flight strike for the club in the 2-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Klopp beat Nuno Espirito Santo (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Manuel Pellegrini (West Ham United), Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham Hotspur) and Maurizio Sarri (Chelsea) to the accolade.
Meanwhile, Van Dijk saw off competition from teammate Mohamed Salah as well as Felipe Anderson (West Ham United), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) and Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur).
Klopp was last named Premier League Manager of the Month in September 2016. It’s the first time both awards have gone to Liverpool since March 2014 when Brendan Rodgers scooped the manager gong and Luis Suarez and Steven Gerrard jointly accepted the player prize.
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Van Dijk won 7 games, kept 4 clean sheets, conceded 3 goals, scored a goal, and assisted a goal (arguably 2) and yet some people have the audacity to suggest he doesn’t deserve player of the month, simply because he isn’t an attacking player🔥👏💪👊give some respect
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van dijk😂😂👇
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Huge congratulations to Jurgen Klopp for winning the Manager of the Month award & to Van Dijk for winning Player of the Month award for December ( 7 wins out of 7 for Liverpool ) Let's beat Brighton tomorrow & get back on track! 💪👍🔥 Well deserved 😍 Klopp and Van Dijk stats in December: 7 Games 7 Wins 4 Clean Sheets 3 Goals conceded 1G + 1A contribution from Van Dijk