Virgil van Dijk has revealed just how badly he initially struggled after suffering an ACL injury in October 2020.
The Dutchman was forced off early on in the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park following a wild challenge from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. And although the Liverpool defender was able to walk off the pitch on his own, scans later revealed he had suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
He would be sidelined until the following pre-season as a result, with the Reds enduring a difficult campaign without him as, one by one, they lost all their senior centre-backs to season-ending injuries. Meanwhile, he’d also miss out on the opportunity to captain the Netherlands at Euro 2020 where Amsterdam was one of the host cities.
