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- Monday marked a year since ACL injury was diagnosed
- Klopp says Dutchman is ‘best centre-half in the world’
Virgil van Dijk has said he feels under greater scrutiny since recovering from a serious knee injury and, in an ominous message for Liverpool’s rivals, has room for improvement in the heart of Jürgen Klopp’s defence.
The Netherlands captain has made a seamless return from nine months on the sidelines, with Klopp describing the 30-year-old as “the best centre-half in the world”. It was 12 months ago on Monday that Liverpool confirmed Van Dijk needed surgery on a ruptured ACL and, speaking before the Champions League tie at Atlético Madrid on Tuesday, the defender claimed many people doubted whether he would recapture peak form after the injury sustained at Goodison Park.
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