"If anyone can stop Haaland, Van Dijk can"
Liverpool legend Glen Johnson spoke about his former team's upcoming Premier League match against Manchester City and thinks Virgil van Dijk will be tasked with keeping Erling Haaland at bay.
Manchester City will host Liverpool for the Premier League matchday 13 fixture. A match with a great atmosphere is expected at the Etihad Stadium.
Both teams are in superb form as both sit in the top two places in the English top-flight table. The Reds have won three of their last five games against City, with the Sky Blues winning the last two most recently.
Liverpool legend Glen Johnson believes Jurgen Klopp's men will show their claws in Saturday's game and not give the hosts a chance. "If anyone can stop Haaland, Van Dijk can. The issue is, with City it’s not just about him and there’s goal threats everywhere," he said.
He went on to add: "Liverpool have to be careful [to] not just build the whole gameplan around Haaland, but in terms of the one-on-one battle between him and Van Dijk, it will be interesting to see how they take the game on. I’m interested to see if Haaland will look to go in behind or drop off and pull Van Dijk away from the defensive line."