How Van Dijk ended Haaland’s streak

Of the Premier League teams Erling Haaland has faced at Manchester City, Liverpool is the only one he has failed to score against. He did not do so on July 30 in the Community Shield nor could he last Sunday in the Premier at Anfield, with Virgil van Dijk in a titanic version, assisted by a great Joe Gomez and the best Alisson. The result was to end the streak of Haaland, who has scored in 9 consecutive games and will not break the Jamie Hardy record (11).

After starring in a poor start to the season, as the Netherlands captain himself admitted, Van Dijk against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City resulted absolutely decisive for Liverpool to win the 2018-19 Champions League and the 2019-20 Premier, among other titles. dominant. It’s huge. accurate The only player who missed out on winning the Ballon d’Or 2019 was Leo Messi. The former Barcelona player only got 7 points more than the Dutch defender, 2nd.

Liverpool have never lost at Anfield in the Premier with Van Dijk on the pitch (68 matches for the ‘oranje’ defender unbeaten at home in the English championship). The streak continued against the ‘citizens’ and Van Dijk also ended Haaland, who scored 15 goals in the Premier (where he was the ‘top scorer’) in a 9 game scoring streak.

Van Dijk didn’t leave any room for Haaland. On Friday, two days before Liverpool-City, the Liverpool defender himself gave the key regarding Haaland: “We have to prevent the ball from reaching him and be at our best level”.

And Van Dijk, with the help of a stellar Joe Gomez, knows how to nullify Haaland, with hope and force. They exposed themselves to the sensation of football in the world, which prevented him from playing his game. And Mohamed Salah ended the verdict with his excellent goal. Dream afternoon for an imperial Liverpool.