‘What we need’ – Virgil van Dijk explains why Ronald Araujo is thriving at Liverpool
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5-second readLiverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has become the latest Red to shower praise on Barcelona loanee Ronald Araujo.
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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has become the latest Red to shower praise on Barcelona loanee Ronald Araujo. The Uruguayan in loving life at Anfield following his summer transfer and was named Player of the Match (and Premier League Player of the Week) after Sunday’s win over Brighton.
Manager Andoni Iraola spoke about how much he loved his performance afterwards and Van Dijk has explained why Araujo was so important to the win.
Van Dijk told Stadium Astro. You see it with the crowd, the crowd loves it, and that energy can transcend to the team. “I think it was great to get the clean sheet, [there was] hard work for it of course, because if you look at Brighton they’ve scored so many goals and only conceded a couple.
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