Van Dijk Has Injured Even Before the Liverpool-Southampton Match Began

DBasia.news – There was a victim from Liverpool’s victory against Southampton. In the 3-0 match, Virgil Van Dijk got injured.

The former Southampton defender purchased by Liverpool worth £75M on January got a rib injury. The fans worried the injury was serious and forced him to absent for a long time. Klopp confirmed the newest information about Van Dijk – a good news for the fans.

“He had already before the PSG game a bruise in his ribs which is uncomfortable,” Klopp said reported by FourFourTwo.

“Not cool, not too serious. He said he could not shout anymore. Should be ok,” the manager continued.

The fans hope so. Van Dijk is one of the keys in Liverpool’s defense who just conceded twice in the Premier League so far. With Gomez, they become the harmonious tandem, strong in front of Alisson Becker.

Meanwhile, Liverpool’s victory is unstoppable in the Premier League. Until the sixth week against Southampton at Anfield, The Reds kept the perfect record of one hundred percent victory.

Three Liverpool goals came from Wesley Hoedt’s own goal, Joel Matip, and Mohamed Salah. In that match, Jurgen Klopp rotated his squad by placing Xherdan Shaqiri and Matip as the starters, replacing Joe Gomez and James Milner.

In the second round, both got benched, also Naby Keita who replaced Georginio Wijnaldum. Gomez entered replacing Van Dijk.