Van Dijk Insisted He Doesn’t Need to Rest

DBasia.news – Liverpool prominent defender Virgil van Dijk said that he wants to play and doesn’t need to rest.

He admits that he would present the best performance if he plays.

Currently, The Reds are having a center-back crisis. The injuries of Joe Gomez and Joel Matip make Dejan Lovren and Van Dijk as the only senior center-backs in Liverpool squad. Matip would return on January. Meanwhile, Gomez could absent longer than that.

“I don’t need to rest. Everyone wants to play every game,” Van Dijk confessed.

“It’s not like you want to sit on the bench or be in the stand. I just go with it. As long as I’m fit and feel all right then I just keep going and playing,” he added.

Van Dijk’s big contribution brings The Reds as the club with the best defense in the Premier League this season. Currently, Liverpool just got conceded 8 goals from 20 matches.