{"id":1100867,"date":"2019-08-09T20:49:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T19:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1100867"},"modified":"2019-08-09T20:52:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T19:52:30","slug":"jamie-carragher-liverpool-virgil-van-dijk-the-best","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/jamie-carragher-liverpool-virgil-van-dijk-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Carragher reveals the one thing Liverpool&#8217;s Virgil Van Dijk must do to be &#8220;one of the best&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jamie Carragher believes Virgil van Dijk only has to add more goals to his game to become &#8220;one of the best&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman has had a remarkable effect on Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s defence since joining from Southampton in January 2018, managing to go through the entire 2018\/19 Premier League season without being dribbled past.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7336082-10-predictions-for-the-2019-20-premier-league-season<\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk fired Liverpool 3-0 in front against Norwich in their Premier League opener on Friday night and after the goal, Carragher called on the centre-back to produce more of the same in the future to go down as a great.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve always felt like Van Dijk should get more goals,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s a statue of a man. We all know he\u2019s some defender but if he adds more goals to his game, there\u2019s no doubt that he is going to go down as one of the best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How will Unai Emery setup Arsenal? | Squawka Tactics\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LgL7-JR-P8Q?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>An almost perfect first half saw Klopp&#8217;s men take a comfortable 4-0 lead, despite some adventurous attacking play from Norwich, with a Grant Hanley own goal, a Mohamed Salah strike and headers from Van Dijk and Divock Origi putting last season&#8217;s Premier League runners-up in complete control.<\/p>\n<p>The only blemish on the first 45 minutes was goalkeeper Alisson Becker leaving the field through injury shortly before half-time, being replaced by Adrian after going down in pain while taking a goal-kick.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Liverpool fans react to Van Dijk goal<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The way in which Van Dijk shrugged off Norwich defender Jamal Lewis to head home Liverpool&#8217;s third goal on Friday was a perfect illustration of the strength and power of the Holland international.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, fans on Twitter were quick to give their best reactions to the thunderous header.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The corner comes in&#8230;..<br \/>Van Djik&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LIVNOR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LIVNOR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2xPrtA40t9\">https:\/\/t.co\/2xPrtA40t9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom (@Towarth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Towarth\/status\/1159909574339629056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenF319\/status\/1159909551245840386?s=19<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudyJaz\/status\/1159910225417142273?s=19<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dutch Harry Maguire<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Hennessey (@9_Hendo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9_Hendo\/status\/1159909904884350977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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=\"3341fe6d-00bf-4f3e-a52c-ab67d8de95ed\" data-show-share=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Carragher believes Virgil van Dijk only has to add more goals to his game to become &#8220;one of the best&#8221;. 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