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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk shrugs off the “lazy” tag from failed manager Wayne Rooney as an irrelevant opinion.

Rooney called Van Dijk lazy for failing to stop Ousmane Dembele from scoring the goal for Paris Saint-Germain against the Reds.

PSG eventually eliminated Liverpool from the Champions League tie by winning in penalties after a dominant extra-time performance from them.



Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has played a pivotal role for Arne Slot this season.

Nevertheless, Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate delivered a fantastic performance along with Alisson Becker, bailing their team out numerous times.

Somehow, former Manchester United and Everton player, Rooney, considered Van Dijk as the defender to blame for that unlucky goal.

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Responding to the question about the criticism from Rooney (via The Times), Van Dijk shrugged off the “lazy” claim, believing that the trophies he will potentially achieve with Liverpool will be a perfect response to irrelevant opinions about him.

I’m even explaining now what I thought at that moment, but if he [Rooney] thought it was lazy then he gave his opinion.
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