'It worked:' BBC Pundit shares that Virgil van Dijk did something sneaky against Atletico Madrid to score the Liverpool winner

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Arne Slot’s men were hosting the La Liga outfit at Anfield in their opening Champions League game of the season.

However, since Liverpool scored two goals in the opening 10 minutes, it made the game much more entertaining.

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Indeed, it still took a 91st-minute header from Van Dijk to get the win over the line, but the main thing that matters is that Liverpool left their home ground with all three points.

Ibrahima Konate and Van Dijk tower above most other players, and although Liverpool don’t have that much height across the rest of their team, their two centre-backs more than cover them for that.

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However, while speaking on BBC Radio Five Live in quotes relayed by BBC Sport, Leon Osman shared an insight into what Van Dijk did to give himself an advantage from the corner.

The main things that matter for the Anfield outfit this term are the Premier League and the Champions League, and with the way they’ve panned out so far, it doesn’t feel like things could be going much better.

However, even though their Premier League record is perfect, the fact that they’ve left it until the dying embers of games to triumph over their opponents is far from ideal.