Virgil van Dijk puts Wayne Rooney in his place in awkward on-air exchange

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Virgil van Dijk addressed Wayne Rooney’s criticism of his leadership as he spoke alongside the former Manchester United and England captain after Liverpool’s 1-0 Champions League win over Real Madrid. But I think it’s very important to put things into perspective.

That’s not the issue. “If you lose four games in a row, as a Liverpool player, then there’s fair criticism – that’s absolutely normal, in that sense.

“But I think it’s over the top at times as well. We live in a world where there’s so many platforms, so many people can say stuff and it gets picked up and made bigger than what it is.” Rooney said in response: “When you win the Premier League, I think what I said was fair.