The Liverpool defender named Olivier Giroud as one of many hardest opponents he has ever confronted within the Premier League.
The 32-year-old started his Premier League profession in 2015 when he accomplished the transfer from Celtic to Southampton earlier than his record-breaking swap to Liverpool in January 2018.
The Dutch defender has since established himself as one of many biggest defenders to ever play within the league as he’s nonetheless considered probably the greatest on this planet.
In an interview with France Soccer, Van Dijk named the 4 hardest strikers within the league with former Arsenal and Chelsea man, Giroud, amongst them.
‘Each time, you suppose you’ve acquired a maintain of him, that you just’ve acquired him nicely marked, however he at all times manages to attain in a technique or one other: along with his head, his foot, his knee.’ He stated.
The final time these two met was in the course of the UEFA Euro Qualifiers final 12 months with Giroud making an look from the bench in his facet’s 2-1 win, though he didn’t get on the scoresheet.
The centre half named Gabriel Jesus, Erling Haaland and Sergio Aguero because the three different hardest opponents that he has come up towards throughout his time in England.
