Sunday, 14 April 2019
Chelsea’s striker is not Afraid to Face Virgil van Dijk
By news-admin
Olivier Giroud
DBasia.news – Olivier Giroud, the Chelsea bomber, is not at all afraid or afraid of Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk. Experienced against the Dutch passport defender, Giroud sure can fool him.
Chelsea will travel to Liverpool’s headquarters in the 2018-2019 Premier League advanced match, at Anfield Stadium on Sunday (4/13). The match has different meanings for each team.
Liverpool need three points to continue to maintain the opportunity to win the Premier League. Meanwhile, Chelsea carries the mission of maintaining a position in the Champions League zone.
The match is predicted to be difficult for Chelsea. Moreover, Liverpool have Virgil van Dijk who appeared promising this season. Even so, Giroud already had experience through Van Dijk.
“I appeared against Van Dijk personally several times and always was in a difficult position because he was good and strong. However, I scored several times against his team,” said Giroud Goal reported.
“I won last year’s victory and scored at Stamford Bridge. Besides that, I also scored the winning goal against the Netherlands a few months ago at the Stade de France. We were never afraid of anyone we were going to face. We only need to focus 100 percent.” continued the former Arsenal.
“We have to believe in the quality we have. We have to be careful and not give too much space because we already know their abilities, especially in counterattacks.”
Olivier Giroud did not dismiss if Liverpool’s front line was very dangerous. He asked the Blues players to be aware of the movement of the trio of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, and Sadio Mane.
“They have an incredible attacker trident and we are aware of that. We will try to overcome it and this will win,” Giroud said.
Liverpool have never won in the last six Premier League matches against Chelsea at Anfield. Details, Jurgen Klopp’s squad reap four draws plus two defeats.