Virgil van Dijk equaled Liverpool’s club record for most wins by a Liverpool player in his first 50 Champions League games as the Reds departed Lille on Tuesday.
Van Dijk played 90 minutes A comfortable 2-1 winThat maintained Liverpool’s 100% run form in the Champions League this season.
So it was his 50th appearance Liverpool In the Champions League and the 35th time he has emerged victorious, he has equaled the previous record set by the legendary Phil Neil.
Neill, who is the most successful player in Liverpool’s history, lifting 23 trophies between 1974 and 1985, won four European Cups during his time at Anfield and is currently seventh in the club’s all-time appearance chart with 650 outings to his name.
Manager Arne Sloot continues to be impressed with Van Dijk, whose expiring contracts do not appear to have affected his form on the pitch alongside Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
“The situation hasn’t affected the group and in fact, only one player has had a bad performance this season and that was against Trent (Manchester) United,” Slott said. Amazon Prime Before the game.
“Every other game we’ve played, Virgil, Mo and Trent have always hit or passed the standard.”