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Roy Keane has asked the captain of Liverpool, Virgil van Dijk, to take responsibility for his performance in the 2-1 defeat against Manchester United.
The coach of the Red Devils, Rubén Amorim, won his first consecutive victories in the Premier League since he took over the job last year, and inflicted Liverpool’s first defeat at home in 400 days.
El excentrocampista del United, Keane, has urged Van Dijk to ‘look in the mirror’ for his role in the defeat, questioning the decision-making of the 34-year-old player against his eternal rivals.
Said Keane: ‘When you are a central defender and an important player, and last year everyone was talking about who was going to stay and he signed a million-dollar contract and then you concede a lot of goals, then I would look at it with suspicion.’
‘I’d be (thinking), “What are you doing?” Especially because he is a great leader on the team. I would be looking at moments. I think a couple of years ago he talked about United arriving there (at Anfield) and parking the bus and criticizing United.
‘Well, hey, they scored two and last year they scored two, and you are the center back of this team. Always start with the man in the mirror.’
Keane has asked the captain of Liverpool, Van Dijk, to take responsibility for his performance in the 2-1 defeat in the Premier League against Manchester United
Liverpool has accumulated four consecutive defeats, and Keane assures that the weight of the champions weighs much on the players, while Van Dijk is urged to calm the nerves.
‘We are talking about (Harry) Maguire and Bruno (Fernandez). But Van Dijk, if you’re the centre-back and your team is suddenly conceding a lot of goals and you have new players coming in, you have to take a good look at yourself and ask yourself: ‘Am I really helping these guys, and am I controlling people?’
Bryan Mbeumo advanced to United in 62 seconds, with the fastest goal in the Premier League this season, after Alexis McAllister was knocked down by Van Dijk in the previous game.
Van Dijk’s elbow hit the Argentinian in the head while he was disputing the ball to Mbeumo, and the incident seemed to deconcentrate the Liverpool captain, who stood looking at the ball while Mbeumo was running behind him to score the first goal. gol segundos después.
Keane seemed to put the blame squarely on the experienced defender: ‘The little incidents we saw in the (first) goal are commendable for United, but I look at him and think: ‘Are you really running backwards?’
Liverpool has three consecutive defeats in the Premier League, and Keane assures that the weight of the champions weighs heavily on the players, while Van Dijk is urged to calm the nerves.
“What happens when you become champion is that the biggest challenge is the following year because people look at you saying: ‘You’re the champions, we’re coming after you.’ Even United have done that.
“Los jugadores de attack del United had a bit of fanfare, while Liverpool cost it to deal with it.”
Liverpool lost their Premier League home game against Manchester United in January 2016
We are talking about statistics and I believe that a very important statistic in football is the marker. Last year, Liverpool won many games with a goal difference, and now they are on the wrong side. Están encajando muchos goles en los ultimos minutos.
“El Liverpool, just before the goal, was at the point of giving away the ball cheaply.” These are the moments that Van Dijk has to say to the players: “Relax, guys.”
“I think sometimes it’s good to force things and panic, but not all the time.” I felt like it was like that from the first time.’
