Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker were involved in a moment that was so uncharacteristically like them, that the duo have been given criticism.
Speaking on Sky Sports about our defender’s role in Arsenal’s second goal, Jamie Carragher said: “Van Dijk’s just got to head it”.
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Those last two words would have saved disaster, if our captain had not allowed the ball to bounce over his head and then the following mix-up with his ‘keeper wouldn’t have presented Gabriel Martinelli with a goal.
It’s all so much easier with hindsight but we now can only look forward, hoping to rectify the errors that led to a speed bump on our title pursuit.
You can watch Carragher’s comments on Van Dijk via @SkySportsPL on X:
🗣️ "Van Dijk's just got to head it!" @Carra23 and Roy Keane discuss the mistake from Virgil van Dijk for the Martinelli goal pic.twitter.com/mIKpZR43U7
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) February 4, 2024
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