Virgil van Dijk has been speaking to Ziggo Sport about life at Liverpool, where he made an admission about something he finds “hard”.
What's the story?
Well, the £75m man admitted that it's challenging to play as many games as he does over the course of a campaign for the Reds.
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As a result of Liverpool's dominance, Van Dijk has made 43 appearances in all competitions this season, with plenty of football remaining.
The Reds are still in the Champions League, as well as the Premier League title race, while they have an FA Cup final with Chelsea booked, and also went all the way in the Carabao Cup.
If Jürgen Klopp guides Liverpool to the Champions League final, he will have overseen 63 games in total when the season is over.
As quoted by Voetbal Primeur, Van Dijk said: “I've always managed to keep a very consistent level. That's the hardest thing there is. You always want to play at least a six. Especially because you play so many games, that's hard, but I'm glad I've been able to do that for the past four seasons.”
Clearly, despite stating that it is “hard” to play so many games, the Dutchman must enjoy doing it, as it means Liverpool are performing well.
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In our view, the 30-year-old deserves credit for bouncing back from his knee injury in such impressive fashion – it's like nothing ever happened.
As aforesaid, Van Dijk has managed to play 43 games, and not once has he suffered an injury setback.
It is testament to how seriously he took his recovery, as well as the work done behind the scenes by Liverpool's medical team.
Given the severity of the knee injury, we certainly didn't expect to see Van Dijk get back to his formidable best so quickly.
Hopefully, he can bounce back from his injury hell by securing a quadruple for the Reds this season, which would be quite sensational.