{"id":1097769,"date":"2019-07-12T12:51:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T11:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1097769"},"modified":"2019-07-12T12:52:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T11:52:03","slug":"fabinho-liverpool-player-dispossess-virgil-van-dijk","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/fabinho-liverpool-player-dispossess-virgil-van-dijk\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabinho names the only Liverpool player who was able to dispossess Virgil van Dijk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fabinho has revealed Roberto Firmino has been the only Liverpool player able to dispossess Virgil van Dijk in training.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old Dutch central defender and current PFA Players&#8217; Player of the Year recipient is fast-becoming renowned for his near immunity to be dribbled past.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7311398-alexander-arnold-s-perfect-mentor-the-goat-right-back-is-available-for-free<\/p>\n<p>Across his 56 outings for club and country in the 2018\/19 season only Manchester City winger Leroy Sane, during a Germany v Netherlands Uefa Nations League contest, managed to pull this feat off.<\/p>\n<p>And it appears his ruthless approach to defending isn&#8217;t restricted to official matches. Van Dijk, a serious trainer, appears to have made it a habit of not being shown up by his own teammates, making getting the better of him a rare achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Fabinho, who joined the Reds from AS Monaco last summer, witnessed this firsthand in their Champions League-winning campaign, but also the one individual who nicked the ball from him.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Pogba, Neymar, Matthijs de Ligt TRANSFER NEWS w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CTMFBdS-T8Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m usually on his team, thank God,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v5-JekWJrEM&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">De Sola<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only guy I&#8217;ve ever seen winning a ball from him on training was Firmino. Only once.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A season to remember for Van Dijk. Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The 2018\/19 season was Van Dijk&#8217;s first full campaign as a Liverpool player having joined from Southampton in January 2018.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;d play an instrumental role in the Reds having the Premier League&#8217;s best defence (22 goals conceded).<\/li>\n<li>His performances earned him the PFA Players&#8217; Player of the Year award, becoming the first defender since John Terry (2004) to claim the prize.<\/li>\n<li>Across 56 outings for club and country only Manchester City winger Leroy Sane, during a Germany v Netherlands Uefa Nations League contest, dribbled past him.<\/li>\n<li>Van Dijk ended the campaign lifting the Champions League before leading the Netherlands to second place in the Uefa&#8217;s Nations League.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabinho has revealed Roberto Firmino has been the only Liverpool player able to dispossess Virgil van Dijk in training. 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