Virgil Van Dijk tells Jurgen Klopp: “I don’t need a rest”

Virgil Van Dijk has missed only one game for Liverpool in all competitions this season, and played all but 35 minutes in the Premier League.

He’s been the leader of a reformed defence, an assured head at the back at all times, and worked himself to third in line for the captaincy.

Though most bosses would be looking for a time they could let him sit a game out, the Dutchman has told his manager he wants to spend as much time away from the bench as possible.

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Next up for Liverpool is the mammoth trip to the Etihad for what could be a season-defining clash, one that the defender is very excited for.

He told the club’s official site: “I don’t need to rest. Everyone wants to play every game.

“It’s not like you want to sit on the bench or be in the stand. I just go with it. As long as I’m fit and feel all right then I just keep going and playing.”

“We have finished 2018 now pretty well and hopefully we can keep that going.

“City is a game that we want to win. It will be very hard, very tough, but for them as well. It’s going be a good match, but it is not a decisive game or something like that. We are not going to treat it different to any other.

“We will be prepared for a very tough game. Confidence is definitely here, but it can change over a couple of games. We won’t get carried away. We need to keep doing what we have been doing.

“There will be setbacks, as there always is in life, but it’s how you react and so far we have been doing pretty well. There are things to improve, but we are top of the league, still in the Champions League, and we are doing well, we just need to keep going.”

 

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