Virgil van Dijk named Player of the Month for February

Virgil van Dijk has been named Standard Chartered Player of the Month for February, beating teammates Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane to the prize.

With the Dutchman in defence, Liverpool kept clean sheets in three of his four appearances. He also scored an impressive brace against Watford.

However, the Reds’ No.4 was quick to attribute his success to those around him when presented with the award at Melwood.

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“It’s always special to recognition from the fans, but as I’ve said before, without all of my teammates and the staff, I wouldn’t be able to perform like this. All credit goes to them as well,” he said, according to LiverpoolFC.com.

“100 per cent [it’s about the collective]. It was a bit of a tough month for everyone, we didn’t get the wins that we wanted, but we kept clean sheets and kept it tight – all of us together, defensively. We were a little unlucky offensively, so that was February for us.

“It’s been a tough year so far with a lot of games, but I am enjoying every bit of it and we are in a race – a special race – for the title with Manchester City, who are having an outstanding season as well. I am enjoying it, I feel good.”

Of his Watford brace, he added: “The goals were an extra bonus. It had been a while, especially at home where I didn’t score after my goal against Everyone on my debut.

“To get two goals was great stuff. I have been working on it and it’s something I need to keep working on. It’s always good to have things to improve.”

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