Manchester City and Arsenal players dominated the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Premier League Team of the Year announced during the PFA awards ceremony on Tuesday. Five players from the Gunners as well as four players from the title-winning City team made up the star-studded side, while one each from Liverpool and Aston Villa made up the XI. For Mikel Arteta's men, team captain Martin Odegaard and...
Virgil van Dijk says he is disappointed by the Netherlands exit from the Euro 2024 championship after their 2-1 semi-final loss to England on Wednesday. The Oranje had taken the lead through Xavi Simons but were let down by Harry Kane's penalty and Ollie Watkins' late winner. It also meant the Netherlands failed to reach the Euros final beyond 1988 when they won the tournament. “To...
Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag has refuted Virgil van Dijk’s claim after their goalless stalemate with Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League on Sunday. The Dutch manager was not in agreement with his compatriot, who said the Reds were the only side that wanted to win the game during his post-match interview. When asked about the Liverpool captain’s comment, Ten Hag said “that was...
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk and midfielder Wataru Endo have offered support to Joel Matip after he scored an own goal which handed Tottenham Hotspur a 2-1 win over the Reds in Saturday's Premier League late kickoff match. Jurgen Klopp's men played the game with nine men following the dismal of Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota in either half, and looked like they were going to...
Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk has explained the reason why he and a host of team captains decided in unison not to wear armbands branded with the 'one love' message which is in protest to the anti-LGBT stance of 2022 World Cup host Qatar. LGBT rights and activities are criminalised in Qatar and much of the Arab world due to strongly-held religious beliefs. Global LGBT rights...
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