Roy Keane blames Liverpool’s van Dijk for ‘ALL THREE’ Arsenal targets
Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher slammed Virgil van Dijk‘s defending, blaming him for all three targets as Arsenal beat Liverpool 3-1 on the Emirates on Sunday.
In an necessary conflict within the race for the Premier League title, Arsenal regained the lead when a defensive miscommunication between van Dijk and Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson allowed a straightforward alternative for Gabriel Martinelli.
Speaking after the sport to Sky Sports, Keane was significantly unimpressed by the efficiency of van Dijk, so lengthy a stalwart within the coronary heart of the Liverpool backline.
Keane mentioned: ‘The depth from the primary whistle to the final from Liverpool, in possession and with out, I can not imagine how unhealthy they had been.
‘Credit to Arsenal, they turned up, and had been at it. Liverpool defensively, the targets they gave away, they had been like a pub group defending.’
Virgil van Dijk’s defending was slated by Sky Sports pundits after Liverpool’s defeat to Arsenal
Roy Keane singled out van Dijk, holding him answerable for all three Gunners targets
For the third purpose, Leandro Trossard was given loads of room to assault the Liverpool purpose, which led Keane to say ‘Trossard cannot imagine his luck right here’, including ‘he is virtually reluctant to shoot’.
He believed that van Dijk ought to have dived or lunged in to try to keep at bay the hazard, which ultimately led to the purpose that settled it for the hosts.
Then in a while, Keane singled out van Dijk for all three Arsenal strikes. Keane mentioned: ‘I blame him for the three targets. He’s entitled to have a nasty recreation, in fact, however to present away three targets in such an enormous recreation, it is going to harm them on the finish of the season.’
Former Liverpool legend Carragher concurred together with his fellow Sky Sports pundit.
On analysing Arsenal’s second purpose, he mentioned: ‘I feel it is a actually massive mistake that you simply most likely make as soon as a season, and it is simply occurred. Van Dijk’s received to move that.’
Alisson additionally comes below fireplace, with Carragher believing that the ball ought to have been headed away from hazard.
Carragher mentioned: ‘Don’t complicate it. Don’t let it bounce. I imply, we’re speaking schoolboy stuff right here. We actually are. He’s simply received to move that again to Konate.’
Martinelli nudged van Dijk, however was inside his rights to take action whereas difficult for the ball, and while Carragher accepts it may need put Alisson off barely, he has no qualms about claiming Liverpool ought to have had the essential soccer data to take care of that scenario.
A calamitous mistake from Alisson and van Dijk gifted Arsenal the lead on the Emirates
Carragher mentioned that the 2 skilled Liverpool gamers ought to have recognized to take care of it
Carragher added: ‘That’s at all times received an opportunity of occurring in the event you let the ball bounce. As I mentioned, this isn’t about taking part in on the high degree, that is one thing that you simply study on the backside degree of soccer, as a defender, simply take care of it.’
He then defends the exploits of each gamers over the previous half a decade in Liverpool colors, including: ‘I feel that is why Liverpool are again the place they’re, due to the performances of these two. But that was a howler.’
Van Dijk took the blame for the error in his post-match interview with Sky Sports, however mentioned that Liverpool have an opportunity to rectify issues subsequent day out, after they host Burnley on Saturday.
