Ian Wright has criticised Virgil van Dijk for defending too passively when Liverpool conceded the third goal in the 3-1 defeat away at Arsenal.
“I looked at that as well, because he’s [Trossard] got so much space, once he’s turned beautifully down that line, I’m thinking because there’s no one else around Trossard in respects of someone to play it into, I thought that Van Dijk could have came across quicker,” the Arsenal and England great said on the Wrighty's House podcast.
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“You don’t really see too many people go towards Van Dijk, do a bit with him, beat him and score. I believe he thought the wider he goes he’s not beating Alisson because Alisson’s too good, he’s banked on that,” Wright continued.
“I’m thinking surely you’ve got to close him down and then the shot came off of him because he didn’t tackle. I’ve seen that from Virgil for a little while now, he jockeys and jockeys and jockeys.”
