Jamie Carragher has leapt to the defence of Virgil van Dijk and slammed comparisons between the Liverpool defender and former Manchester United player Nemanja Vidic.
Since signing for Jurgen Klopp for £75million in January 2018, the Dutchman's form has been instrumental to Liverpool, adjudged the PFA Players' Player of the Year in 2018-19 before playing a pivotal role in their title win the following season. However, the form of the 31-year-old has undoubtedly dropped of late, and he again struggled during his side's dramatic 2-2 draw with Arsenal on Sunday.
His display has prompted online criticism. One account, @Football__Tweet, claimed that Van Dijk does not deserve to be mentioned in the same bracket as the Premier League's best ever: "Virgil Van Dijk's drop off is actually insane. People were comparing him to Terry, Kompany, Rio and Vidic," they wrote.
