{"id":690281,"date":"2019-08-24T06:11:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T06:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"<br><img src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Van-Dijk1.jpg\" \/><br><div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n\n<p>Liverpool defender, Virgil van Dijk, has named Manchester City\u2019s Sergio Aguero as his toughest opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk has enjoyed a "},"modified":"2019-08-24T06:11:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T06:11:02","slug":"liverpool-vs-arsenal-van-dijk-reveals-toughest-opponent-best-player-he-has-played-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/24\/liverpool-vs-arsenal-van-dijk-reveals-toughest-opponent-best-player-he-has-played-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool vs Arsenal: Van Dijk reveals toughest opponent, best player he has played with"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Van-Dijk1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Liverpool defender, Virgil van Dijk, has named Manchester City\u2019s Sergio Aguero as his toughest opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk has enjoyed a fine start to the season, after an excellent campaign for club and country last term.<\/p>\n<p>His performances have led to him being installed as the favourite for the Ballon d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his side\u2019s clash with Arsenal at Anfield this weekend, Van Dijk was also asked about the best players he has taken to the field alongside in his career with Groningen, Celtic, Southampton and Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to be a little bit biased and say one of my team-mates; I would say Roberto Firmino,\u201d he told talkSPORT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"79b6bcf978e75f64fb37ec5d-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=420332301344305&autoLogAppEvents=1';\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script type=\"79b6bcf978e75f64fb37ec5d-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=181005951975036&autoLogAppEvents=1';\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool defender, Virgil van Dijk, has named Manchester City\u2019s Sergio Aguero as his toughest opponent. 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Ahead of his side\u2019s clash [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":690282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-690281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool vs Arsenal: Van Dijk reveals toughest opponent, best player he has played with - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/24\/liverpool-vs-arsenal-van-dijk-reveals-toughest-opponent-best-player-he-has-played-with\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Liverpool vs Arsenal: Van Dijk reveals toughest opponent, best player he has played with - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Liverpool defender, Virgil van Dijk, has named Manchester City\u2019s Sergio Aguero as his toughest opponent. 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