Emmanuel Petit's criticism of Virgil van Dijk after Liverpool vs PSG is just ridiculous - opinion

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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has not looked himself in recent weeks and wasn’t great against PSG, but some of the criticism thrown his way is just reaching. Rather, he took issue with Van Dijk ‘bossing’ his teammates around on the pitch — here’s why that is a nonsense take.

Van Dijk found it tough in Liverpool’s 3-5-2, and wasn’t his usual sturdy self. As he explained on AFTER FOOT: “What annoys me most about Van Dijk is that you have the right to be on the decline after being brilliant for so many years, he’s still a benchmark defensively, such an unbeatable defender in one-on-one situations, he always played that defensive game, constantly dropping back, he was extremely good.

Is it time for Van Dijk to join Salah this summer and leave Liverpool? The errors are beginning to pile up… Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images The behaviour he is referring to was clear to see at the Parc des Princes, but Van Dijk was right to yell at Ekitike to get in position, or at Milos Kerkez to get out to his man.