{"id":1138869,"date":"2020-04-01T10:58:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1138869"},"modified":"2020-04-01T10:58:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:58:07","slug":"liverpool-news-premier-league-2019-20-virgil-van-dijk-stats-redknapp","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/liverpool-news-premier-league-2019-20-virgil-van-dijk-stats-redknapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League 2019\/20 season would be tight if Liverpool didn&#8217;t have Virgil van Dijk, says Redknapp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jamie Redknapp has suggested the 2019\/20 Premier League title race would have been closer if Liverpool didn&#8217;t have Virgil van Dijk, who he believes is the best defender the competition has ever seen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk has enjoyed a stellar year once again, helping Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s side take a 25-point lead at the top of the Premier League before the coronavirus pandemic put an end to English football.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What does Van Dijk bring to Liverpool? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Van Dijk is one of only seven outfield players to play every minute in the Premier League this season (2,610)&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;during which Liverpool have lost just once while conceding 21 goals (league fewest) and 84 shots on target (also fewest).<\/li>\n<li>On top of his defensive impact, Van Dijk has scored four Premier League goals this season &#8211; the joint-most in the division.<\/li>\n<li>Since his arrival, Liverpool have improved dramatically and reached two Champions League finals.<\/li>\n<li>Van Dijk won multiple player of the season awards last year and came second in the race for the Ballon d&#8217;Or.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/7533381\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman, who named the PFA Player&#8217;s Player of the Year last season, has once again been an instrumental figure at the back for Liverpool this term.<\/p>\n<p>And Redknapp thinks Van Dijk is contention to win more individual honours again this year, suggesting he is among the top five performers in the Premier League this season.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about Liverpool&#8217;s 3-3 draw with Watford in August 2017, a few months before Van Dijk moved to Anfield, Redknapp told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/user\/skysports\/playerofseason\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sky Sports Football Podcast<\/a>: &#8220;I remember doing the game with Jamie Carragher and I said &#8216;they&#8217;ve got to sign this guy because otherwise they will not do anything.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1129886\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/football-manager-ultimate-under-21-sim-premier-league-champions-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1129886\" class=\"wp-image-1129886 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Football Manager | Squawka Ultimate U21 XI\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-940x530.png 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1129886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/football-manager-ultimate-under-21-sim-premier-league-champions-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squawka\u2019s ultimate U-21 XI face Europe\u2019s elite on Football Manager<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The back four, nobody was picking up. They didn&#8217;t know if they were doing zonal marking, man-to-man \u2013 he was trying everything, Jurgen Klopp. And they went, right, \u00a375m in the January transfer window, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean he&#8217;s the best, it just shows you. [Manchester] City, United, everyone must be kicking themselves because sometimes one player can make that difference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think people talk about [Alisson] and I agree, he&#8217;s brilliant, but if you took [Van Dijk] out of this team, this would be a really tight season. 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