Virgil van Dijk snaps at reporter and makes admission over Trent Alexander-Arnold

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Virgil van Dijk wasn’t happy about being asked multiple questions over Liverpool’s right-backs (Picture: Viaplay) Virgil van Dijk snapped at a reporter and made an admission over Trent Alexander-Arnold after Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat to Chelsea on Saturday. Van Dijk faced the media after Liverpool’s defeat at Chelsea and was left frustrated at a journalist who kept asking him about the club’s right-backs. ‘The right-back is not the issue if you [are trying to] do that,’ an irked Van Dijk told a reporter in the mixed zone, which was uploaded on the NBC Sports YouTube channel.

Maybe you feel like the right-back is the problem.’ Liverpool signed Jeremie Frimpong in the summer transfer window as their new No.1 right-back but he’s been struggling with a hamstring injury since the Reds’ opening Premier League win over AFC Bournemouth in August. Alexander-Arnold was Liverpool’s No.1 right-back last season – but the Reds lost him in the summer transfer window to Real Madrid.

Van Dijk has admitted that everyone at the club was left ‘gutted’ over Alexander-Arnold’s exit. Trent Alexander-Arnold left Liverpool for Real Madrid this summer (Picture: Getty) But Van Dijk is adamant that losing Alexander-Arnold is not the reason for Liverpool’s dip in recent weeks. ‘It’s not about him,’ Van Dijk said. ‘He had amazing quality but he left us. ‘Last year, we played a lot of games without him as well.