Pep Guardiola makes surprise Virgil van Dijk admission ahead of Liverpool clash

Pep Guardiola has admitted he will "miss" not seeing Virgil van Dijk when Manchester City will host Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday. Van Dijk has been missing from the Reds squad since Everton clash when he suffered an ACL injury. "The most important thing is that the surgery was good and I hope he can recover as quickly as possible," he said. "I will miss him, I like to play with the best players on the pitch and Liverpool remains an incredibly top team because the structure is there. "Every player knows what they have to do and the result against Atalanta. "We faced them last season and know how hard it is to beat them away - and they did it. "Liverpool remains a top class team." "When you play against teams like Liverpool you always have moments where you have to suffer," Guardiola added. "We know it, we have to do it and try to use our strength as much a possible. "We know each other quite well, we play many many times and I don’t expect a game like 90 minutes we will be there or they will be there. "There will be ups and downs, we have to be stable and take our good chances and be clinical. "Both teams want to attack, both teams want to try. "In general, we did games - not over 90 minutes because we are not ready to maintain the level but in general it was good." source - Express Join us on Telegram

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