Virgil van Dijk has admitted he is ready to go to 'war' with close friend and international team-mate Nathan Ake when Liverpool face Manchester City on Saturday afternoon.
Jurgen Klopp's side make the short trip to the Etihad Stadium this weekend to take on a City side still going toe-to-toe with Arsenal for the Premier League crown, though the stakes are also high for the visitors as they look to keep hopes of a top-four finish alive.
The Reds currently sit seven points adrift of a Champions League place, with two games in hand, and mark their return from the international break with the toughest of tests. This fixture will see Van Dijk come up against Ake, whom he featured alongside for the Netherlands in European Championship qualifiers versus France and Gibraltar in recent days, but the former has insisted the pair's close relationship won't mean anything come Saturday afternoon.
