Joe Cole comes to a sad conclusion about Virgil van Dijk at Liverpool after Man City loss

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READ MORE: Liverpool fans divided over what they saw after Ryan Gravenberch’s Man City red card Do you agree with Toni Kroos’ ranking of Virgil van Dijk, or should he be higher/lower? But for Cole, he feels that Liverpool have been getting ‘pulled around all season’, and he doesn’t think van Dijk is now able to stop those issues.What was also interesting from Cole is that he thinks Iraola is the ‘right man’ for the Reds, but perhaps he has joined at the ‘wrong time’ following Arne Slot’s summer exit.

“I think they are off it,” said Cole about Liverpool this season. He’s the right man, but it could be the wrong time.

“I think with Virgil as well, as much as I think he’s been a incredible footballer, an amazing talent; time waits for no man.“I’m looking at him with my eyes and thinking, ‘He’s not quite at the level he was’, coupled with the fact their back four’s been decimated in the last two years. I just think there’s I’m not saying he’s the problem, but they need to just sort it out.