"Clearly, they need him back in the team to face Flamengo - if he is fit, Liverpool will be calm and comfortable at the back and everyone will be a lot more relaxed." 'A squad of serial winners' Alisson made eight saves against Monterrey - "he was incredible," said Kewell "I don't see that happening if Van Dijk is on the pitch. After that, they did not really defend as a unit when the ball was in the box.
"No-one saw Stefan Medina's run to the far post, and once he had the leap on Naby Keita, there was no way Keita could defend it. "Despite their lack of composure at the back, they actually defended pretty well for the most part but one thing I would criticise was the goal they conceded. Klopp impressed with Reds' resilience in victory over Monterrey No-one had his kind of defensive vision, or ability to spot danger.
"That is what Liverpool missed the most against Monterrey. "Yes people talk about him being a great defender because he can play out from the back and is comfortable on the ball, but a defender's first job is to defend - and, in the case of Van Dijk, it is to organise the rest of his defence too. "He is always communicating with his full-backs, and the people in front of him. "When I watch Liverpool play, I see Virgil constantly talking to everyone around him," Kewell told BBC Sport. Without him - and hardly helped by injuries to their other centre-halves Dejan Lovren (hamstring) and Joel Matip (knee) - Liverpool looked a lot less assured. 'Van Dijk makes Reds calm and comfortable'īefore Wednesday, Van Dijk had missed only three of Liverpool's 28 games in all competitions in 2019-20, all of them in the Carabao Cup - including Tuesday's defeat by Aston Villa when he was with the rest of the senior players in Qatar and the Reds picked their youngest ever team.
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The reveal of Hazard and Van Dijk follows the announcement of Volta in FIFA 20, a game mode similar to FIFA street in previous versions of the game that enables players to play small-sided matches.įIFA 20 will be available to play on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC and the standard edition of the game is due to be released on September 27.But while Liverpool's starting line-up was unfamiliar, the eventual outcome was not. Van Dijk's inclusion isn't the first time a Liverpool player has featured, meanwhile, with club captain Jordan Henderson starring alongside Messi in the 2016 version. The very first FIFA cover, for the FIFA International Soccer game released in 1993, featured former Arsenal and England midfielder David Platt alongside ex-Poland international Piotr Swierczewski.ĭortmund star Marco Reus was selected as the cover star for FIFA 17 following an online vote, while Lionel Messi featured on the front of four covers in a row from FIFA 13 through to FIFA 16. He was, however, replaced on the cover of FIFA 19 by a trio of Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne, Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar and Ronaldo's Juve team-mate Paulo Dybala as EA Sports made a change at the beginning of 2019. The duo replace Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo on the cover of the title, with the Portuguese having initially been the face of the game for both the 20 versions. "I've been playing FIFA for as long as I can remember and so it's an extremely proud moment for me to be representing Liverpool FC on the cover of such an iconic game." Van Dijk added: "It is a huge honour for me to be on the cover of FIFA 20. "I am lucky to have been on the cover before but to be on FIFA 20 globally is amazing and I hope to excite as many gamers as I do when I take the field for Real Madrid this season!"