Van Dijk delivers as giants stand tall for Reds

VIRGIL, ALISSON AND MO VITAL TO SUCCESS

- By Andy Dunn

AFTER Virgil van Dijk had become involved in a tangle with Andy Robertson, leading to West Ham’s late equaliser, the Scot screamed his disapproval at the Liverpool captain.

Van Dijk, head down and walking away from the scene of the crime, probably knew he might have made a mistake and did not respond.

Not for a couple of minutes anyway.

And then he responded in the way he always responds. He responded in the way the best leader in the Premier League always responds.

By example, by force of will, by determination.

He responded by heading in a winner that means the engraver can start working on the Premier League trophy as soon as he or she wants.

If Mo Salah had not put up the numbers he has this season, Van Dijk would be a thoroughly deserving winner of end-of-season individual awards.