Virgil van Dijk and Nathan Ake will put aside their friendship to become the best of enemies this weekend.
The two Dutchmen have become close mates as well as neighbours during the time they have spent living in the Cheshire countryside just outside Manchester. But they will have each other in their sights when Ake’s Manchester City face Van Dijk’s Liverpool at the Etihad this Saturday lunchtime.
After a week which has seen Van Dijk heavily criticised for his performance in Netherlands’ 4-0 thrashing by France and Ake score twice as Ronald Koeman’s side bounced back by beating Gibraltar 3-0, there will be a lot on the line.
