Liverpool boss Arne Slot has final say to end Virgil van Dijk and Wayne Rooney spat

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But with Virgil, it's so clear that he's the leader of this team."When you walk through the AXA [training centre], when we start the training session. You can hear him, you can feel he's our leader."He's already been so important for this club for so many years, but I don't think I've had many captains who were so vocal, so loud as he is.

He's been a very good captain for me, and since he became the captain of this club."He sets the bar at 10 out of 10, and when he has a nine out of 10 [performance], he sometimes gets criticised, too. I think other players will get compliments for a nine out of 10, but he gets criticised for that."He has had similar form to last season," Slot continued with Sky Sports.

"But there were one or two moments this season where he could have done better defensively."And he got criticised by that straightaway. Maybe he should see it as a compliment - because that's where he set the bar from."Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.