Virgil van Dijk and Wayne Rooney meet in awkward TV interview as Liverpool row addressed

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After Liverpool's loss to Brentford last month, Rooney had questioned Van Dijk's demeanour. Wayne Rooney has criticized Virgil van Dijk and Liverpool recently (Image: Amazon Prime Video) "Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, they've signed new deals but I don't think they have really led the team this season." Van Dijk was interviewed by Amazon Prime straight after Liverpool's victory over Madrid, with some of Rooney's recent remarks being raised during the conversation.

I think it's very important to put things into perspective, keep your head down, working and get out the situation, because our quality is not the issue we have. "That's fairly normal in that sense, but I think it's over the top at times as well.

Virgil van Dijk has directly responded to Wayne Rooney's Liverpool critiques (Image: (Photo by Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images)) “I think what I said was fair, when you win the Premier League and then you go on a run where you three or four games in a row, which you don;’t expect from Liverpool over the last few years, and with Virgil as the captain, I think that’s your opportunity then to go and lead the players. “That’s what I was saying, and I think that happens in football, and I think the response has been great from Virgil and from the team.” Following Rooney's account of the situation, Van Dijk responded to the former United striker: "I think if you watch games, you'd see I take responsibility.