{"id":132428,"date":"2023-12-18T15:39:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T15:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/18\/virgil-van-dijk-lambasts-man-utd-tactics-in-0-0-draw-with-liverpool\/"},"modified":"2023-12-18T15:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T15:39:27","slug":"virgil-van-dijk-lambasts-man-utd-tactics-in-0-0-draw-with-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/18\/virgil-van-dijk-lambasts-man-utd-tactics-in-0-0-draw-with-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgil van Dijk lambasts Man Utd tactics in 0-0 draw with Liverpool \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Virgil van Dijk has launched a scathing attack of Manchester United\u2019s performance in the 0-0 draw with Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two sides played out a\u00a0rather dire game at Anfield\u00a0at the weekend, with neither side providing much in the way of entertainment or goalmouth action for the 57,000 strong in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<em>Sky Sports\u00a0<\/em>after the game, Liverpool captain Van Dijk was keen to pin the blame for the drab affair on Man Utd, stating that \u2018only one team tried to win the game\u2019:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you see how we played the game, we had most of the ball and created some opportunities. There was only one team trying to win the game,\u201d said\u00a0Van Dijk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to win every game, of course, and that is why it is frustrating. Sometimes we shot too easy and could have passed on the overlap. The right decision was sometimes lacking.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/01hhwmyex21wgafaj8gx.jpg\" alt=\"Rasmus Hojlund, Virgil van Dijk\" title=\"Rasmus Hojlund, Virgil van Dijk\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>A disappointing game \/ Clive Brunskill\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cWe carry on, of course, but it is frustrating because we were superior in all aspects. In the end, they are buzzing with a point and we are disappointed with a point. Obviously they are not in the best phase. Coming here you are wary of the threat we have. We should have won it today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to learn from certain situations and I know we will. Last year we didn\u2019t come in with a good feeling towards the Manchester United game and we won the game convincingly, but last year doesn\u2019t count now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Reds thumped Man Utd 7-0 at Anfield last season, with such an emphatic beating perhaps being the reason why the visitors were so content to sit deep and hold out for a draw this time round.<\/p>\n<p>The stalemate ensured that Liverpool head into their clash with Arsenal next Saturday in second place, having seen the Gunners leapfrog them in the Premier League table with their 2-0 win over Brighton and Hove Albion earlier on Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"vp3oNuufFew\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UEFA Champions League Matchday 3 | #sportsgist #shorts #ucl #football\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vp3oNuufFew?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgil van Dijk has launched a scathing attack of Manchester United\u2019s performance in the 0-0 draw with Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday. The two sides played out a\u00a0rather dire game at Anfield\u00a0at the weekend, with neither side providing much in the way of entertainment or goalmouth action for the 57,000 strong in attendance. Speaking to\u00a0Sky [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Virgil van Dijk lambasts Man Utd tactics in 0-0 draw with Liverpool \u2013 - 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\/2023\/12\/18\/virgil-van-dijk-lambasts-man-utd-tactics-in-0-0-draw-with-liverpool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Virgil van Dijk lambasts Man Utd tactics in 0-0 draw with Liverpool \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Virgil van Dijk has launched a scathing attack of Manchester United\u2019s performance in the 0-0 draw with Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday. 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