Virgil van Dijk's ex-teammate points finger at Liverpool stars in passionate defence of captain

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Long played alongside Van Dijk at Southampton before he joined Liverpool in 2018 and doesn't think his levels have dropped now he's 34 years old.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FB PAGE! You look at Virgil when he was 28, and he very rarely sprinted because he was always in the right position.

He has self-control on the ball," Long told Midnite.“So if he loses a yard or two, which I don't think he has by the way, it won't really impact his game, whereas for me, I was the opposite. Comment below."It's a good sign as a player that he doesn't break down injury-wise.

I think he's still got a good two or three years left in him.“I just think that the club as a whole, Liverpool are struggling at the moment. You see a lot of the goals that have been conceded, it comes from the other side or from the wings, and it's not really Virgil's doing."But then when he is in the vicinity, he's highlighted for the wrong reasons just because he has been that good and he's established a level now that people just want to tear him down.”Join our LFC WhatsApp community and get all the latest LFC news, views, transfer gossip and more, as it happens We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners.