Virgil van Dijk shares the secret to being Liverpool's ever-present

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For me it is something that is quite normal because I feel the responsibility to be there every time and also to perform every time.“Last year [2024-25] I didn’t do it [play every minute] because for the Brighton game at the end of the season I was on the bench. That’s part of it, to make sure that you can perform at a constant level.“I’ve had one season here that unfortunately I had to miss a lot of, but in the rest of the seasons I think I’ve played more than 40 matches.

And I think the most matches before this season have been played in the season after my knee injury.“That’s quite remarkable. When I heard that I thought it was quite interesting.

And I do everything for that and I want to keep doing it at the highest level.”There will be no let-up for Van Dijk now that the Premier League season has concluded. But for me, it doesn’t really change anything," he said.“I just want to inspire – let other players see what I do in order to be playing the amount of games I’ve been playing and the consistency that I have.