Virgil van Dijk has had a tricky season at Liverpool. (Photograph by way of Ryan Pierse/Getty Photographs)
Liverpool have had an overly tough few weeks, and their deficient shape endured on the weekend with a defeat at Brentford. It’s now 4 Premier League losses in a row for Arne Slot’s aspect, who’ve slipped to seventh within the standings.
A lot has been product of the struggles that new signings Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz have had, however a few of their avid gamers that have been at this sort of top degree final season have failed to duplicate that shape – and amongst them is captain Virgil van Dijk.
Alan Shearer and Micah Richards on Virgil van Dijk strugglesVirgil van Dijk of Liverpool (Photograph by way of Alex Pantling/Getty Photographs)
Talking on The Leisure Is Soccer (by means of TBR Soccer), Alan Shearer took intention at van Dijk, in addition to centre-back spouse Ibrahima Konate, for his or her performances in opposition to Brentford.
“They are so bad all over the pitch. And I mean, say what you want about them in midfield – the lack of protection – or up front, the lack of connection between their signings. But defensively, oh my word.
“I mean, Van Dijk and Konate. The two fullbacks have had a lot of stick and a lot of criticism, and I understand that, and I get that. But the two centre-backs? They are all over the place. They’ve been terrible. And they were at Brentford — they were awful, both of them, I mean, Van Dijk and Konate, weren’t they?”
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Micah Richards agreed with Shearer, even if he believes that van Dijk’s struggles are extra right down to him having little assist from Konate.
“Yeah, they were awful. And I think what we’re seeing now is Van Dijk needs help. How many times in previous seasons has Van Dijk bailed them out? You look at partnerships and we’ve always talked about Van Dijk and how good he is. He needs Konate to bail him out at the moment, and that’s not happening. So you can’t have two centre halves not playing well at the same time.”
Liverpool will have to prevent the rut once conceivable if they’re to provide themselves the most productive probability of conserving their Premier League identify, which is these days slipping away.
