Prime Van Dijk was UNREAL

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[klooku]

Bro kept pace with Mbappe, Son, Haaland, etc. AND got the ball of them. Shows you all you need to know. Top defender in his absolute prime. Nobody has that level of speed and defensive awareness and capability than this man in his prime. Jeez what a monster.

[Weltschmerz]

Highest peak skill of a defender ever. Other defenders may have better legacy, but this guy, in terms of peak skill - untouchable, end of story.

[josephjoestar]

Might not have the longevity or trophies as other top CBs in history, but his PEAK performance was higher than any others and I genuinely think that’s fact

[ssaad]

2019 van dijk was the most dominant defender I've seen in my lifetime. It was just impossible to dribble past him

[blackyiechan]

On top of defensive technique, some of the best distribution you’ll see from any CB

[aimanfaisal]

I seen Maldini, Cannavaro, Ramos and Chiellini play live and they just World Class. But still Van Dijk is still up there and he is just a rare cb with high quality defensive skills that are hard to find this days. He is World Class.

[johnmiceter]

I remember the season he came 2nd to Messi in the ballon d'or I think no player had dribbled passed him, or it was an absurd amount of games until someone did. He was a beast and all because of Jordan Pickford with that crazy tackle he did to injure him and he lost his best years in his prime because of it.

[minamda]

These are the type of defensive comps I like. Reading the game, 1v1 etc. I feel like every other defending comp video are all slide tackles. These are more satisfying to me.

[mattinterweb]

Best Centre back I've seen in my lifetime and I've seen Baresi, Stam, Terry, Cannavero, Nesta, Ferdinand etc. Why? Has everything in his game. Literally everything.

[jeremyguy]

He is still in his prime. He just makes mistakes now and then unlike 2018-20 VVD who was flawless week in week out

[sheesh]

No version of Ramos was ever this dominant defensively.

[bryanMangabang]

his patience and timing on one on one defending is amazing.

[qpwnsu]

I still hear people say van dijk is overrated and was overrated (especially when he was down in form) but let’s not forget the fact that they was literally tracking who “passed van dijk one on one” because he made 0 mistakes for a whole season, was basically the revelation of liverpool when he joined they got that stability and let’s pls not forget that he was 2nd place in the ballon d’or, would that have been anybody else with the same statistics as Messi, Van Dijk would have won it but we all know it’s a popularity competition and there’s nobody more popular than Leo Messi.
Absolute fucking unit, beast. Strong, pacey, balanced, swift, great long ball. Man marker, never tackles when he doesn’t have to. Pure dominance

[unamusedmule]

Van Dijk is one of the few defenders who looked confident defending Messi, Mbappe, Håland, etc.

[Bruh]

It’s amazing. Virgil never relied on slide tackles but when he had to he executed them cleanly, unlike some overrated former Madrid centre backs

[허걱-xq]

18-19 Van Dijk never allowed 1 on 1 dribble. More than beast

[Serjio-ll]

He IS IN PRIME now again!
Best Def of the world

[eythor]

VVD ages like a fine wine, and 23/24 i proving to be a splendid season.

[FlaminRamen]

I fucking hate Pickford for the tackle that put vvd on the sidelines

[YuuyaKey]

I love it, that non of the attackers complain for a foul or anything. They just know and feel that its proper defending and stand-up directly after getting tackled by van Dijk.