Virgil van Dijk Can Make The World’s Top Striker Helpless

DBasia.news –  The 75 million pound defender, Virgil van Dijk, has shown his worth with a consistent game at Liverpool. According to former Liverpool defender, Glenn Johnson, Van Dijk is a typical tough defender who is calm against the world’s top strikers.

Virgil van Dijk made an impressive performance when Liverpool beat Bayern Munchen 3-1 in the second leg of the last 16 Champions League 2018-2019, at Allianz Arena, Thursday (3/14) WIB. The Dutch defender scored one of the Reds’ three goals.

In addition to scoring goals, Van Dijk also did not forget his duty as a fortress. The former Southampton is able to lock in the movement of Robert Lewandowski.

Glen Johnson thinks Van Dijk is one of the best defenders in the world. Johnson felt Van Dijk could become a leader in the defense sector.

“As a player, you don’t want to see other people around panicing and that’s one thing I’ve never seen. When a player sees him calm in every situation, it’s contagious and others are confident,” Johnson said as reported by talkSPORT.

“You will face world class attackers many times in the Champions League. He is the player you need to make them fall asleep,” said the ex.

Glen Johnson spent six seasons defending Liverpool. He claimed to be jealous for not being able to play with Virgil van Dijk.

“I want to play with him at Liverpool. However, to be fair we do have a tough central defender at that time. We have Daniel Agger and Martin Skrtel,” Johnson said.

“The players have brought Liverpool to a higher level. He is very good at mastering the ball, very hard, big and strong. There are no weaknesses until now,” he added.