REVEALED: Why Liverpool fans should be worried about Virgil van Dijk

According to Paul Merson, Liverpool fans should be a ‘little worried’ about Virgil van Dijk ahead of the Premier league run-in. Jurgen Klopp’s side are currently two points clear of Manchester City at the top of the table and will next face Tottenham this weekend. Despite his superb form at Liverpool, Virgil Van Dijk has made an unforgivable error in the 2-1 victory over Fulham before the international break. And, playing for Netherlands this week, the centre back failed to prevent Serge Gnabry from scoring a fantastic goal as his team were downed 3-2 by Germany. Merson, speaking to Sky Sports, said: "We saw a little glimpse of the old Van Dijk while he was on international duty with the Netherlands. "He’s removed that lackadaisical element of his game this season at Liverpool, but we saw it against Germany when he casually strolled over to Serge Gnabry, and he whipped the ball into the top corner. That has not been Van Dijk this season, he has defended properly week in, week out. "I would be a little worried if I was a Liverpool fan seeing that because you cannot afford to do that against Kane. "It may be easy for Van Dijk all afternoon but he has to remain focused throughout, because it only takes a second for someone like Kane to punish you." Asked to identify the key battle in Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Spurs, Arsenal hero Merson added: "There will be battles all over the place, but it has to be Van Dijk versus Kane. I watched Kane play against Montenegro and, at times, it was like England were playing with 10 men. "He was having a bad game and he does have bad games now and then, but he still popped up with a goal. The biggest compliment I can pay to Kane is that his confidence never wanes, he could be having the worst game but he’ll never shy away, he will keep on trying things and getting involved. "The problem for Liverpool is that Van Dijk could have Kane in his pocket for 89 minutes and then, bang, Kane does something out of the ordinary."

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