{"id":1092631,"date":"2019-06-10T17:13:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T16:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1092631"},"modified":"2019-06-10T17:13:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T16:13:39","slug":"van-dijk-dribbled-past-this-season","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/van-dijk-dribbled-past-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Only one player dribbled past Liverpool&#8217;s Virgil van Dijk in the entire 2018\/19 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Virgil van Dijk has had a simply monumental season for club and country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The centre-back was a key player for Liverpool as they won the Champions League, helping his club keep a clean sheet against Tottenham Hotspur in the final while also finishing second in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old carried his stellar club form onto the international stage with the Netherlands, as the Oranje reached the Uefa Nations League final.<\/p>\n<p>As well as his strength in the air, Van Dijk has shown dominance on the floor, very rarely being beaten by dribbling opponents.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7284737-it-s-time-to-talk-about-a-potential-bernard-or-silva\/embed\/v4?eid=AQAAAGB1_lwBKG8A\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In fact, with Van Dijk&#8217;s 2018\/19 season now over, only one player managed to successfully dribble past the Dutch centre-back across a total of 56 appearances for club and country.<\/p>\n<p>That man was Manchester City winger Leroy Sane, with the winger doing so in the 42nd minute of a 2-2 draw between Germany and Netherlands in the Uefa Nations League group-stage game in November. The result sealed the Oranje&#8217;s place in the semi-finals, with Van Dijk scoring a late equaliser.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min was close to joining Sane on the list in the Champions League final, as Spurs looked for a way back into the game, but Van Dijk produced a brilliant recovery to thwart the South Korean with a last-ditch tackle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Virgil van Dijk made 56 appearances in the Premier League, Champions League and Nations League combined in 2018-19.<\/p>\n<p>Leroy San\u00e9 was the only player to dribble past him.<\/p>\n<p>19-11-2018 | Germany 2-2 Netherlands | 42nd minute <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rma4IXayd1\">pic.twitter.com\/Rma4IXayd1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1137828989614141441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk&#8217;s superb performances this season have seen him emerge as a contender for the prestigious Ballon d&#8217;Or award, which has not been won by a Dutchman since Marco van Basten achieved the feat in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool defender is regarded as the frontrunner by several bookmakers, but Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both enjoyed successful campaigns and will be keen to reclaim the crown.<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"7c4c485a-3260-4ab4-8346-d80b747acdcd\" data-show-share=\"false\" data-show-info=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgil van Dijk has had a simply monumental season for club and country. 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