Holland victory 'feels good' for Van Dijk

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Virgil van Dijk celebrates after scoring the opening goal. AFP

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has spoken of the pride gained after beating bitter rivals Germany in the Nations League during the international break.

Van Dijk scored as the Netherlands beat a struggling Germany side in Amsterdam.

'Die Mannschaft' have now lost six competitive fixtures in a calendar year for the first time in their history.

"This feels good,” Virgil van Dijk told reporters after the match. “We have a lot of respect for Germany, who are a top-quality team, but we worked very hard to keep up the pressure and ultimately defeat them.

"We kept an eye on the second goal, because we knew that it would then be all over for Germany,” he added.

The result leaves the Netherlands second in League A Group 1 of the Nations League.