Wow, this great compilation demonstrates without doubt how remarkable a player Van Dijk really is: strength, intelligence, anticipation, stunningly quick reactions to every move by an attacker, and incredible acceleration. Should have won the Ballon Do'r in 2019, but that's proved to be an award that frequently looks dubious and manipulated. Thanks for putting this amazing highlight reel together for us to enjoy!
Strong, big, smart, fast, great vision. Almost perfect modern defender
@toxicboommc354 ай бұрын
I agree
@MasebennettsАй бұрын
Almost?
@m2s745Ай бұрын
He is by definition the perfect modern cb
@chilakaikechukwu59392 күн бұрын
He is just too perfect like you said😩💯
@thatladpablo8 ай бұрын
That Sissoko one was insane... Blocked off the pass AND showed him onto his weaker foot... Incredible player
@hellohi14458 ай бұрын
Yeh that Sissoko one was incredibly smart. But how did bro blaze it so far over the bar from so close 😭
@AIIXIII08 ай бұрын
@@hellohi1445weak foot and probably haven't made up his mind on finishing.
@MiRushD6Football8 ай бұрын
@@AIIXIII0or probably he just sucks
@AIIXIII07 ай бұрын
@@MiRushD6Football best conclusion.
@mlkhsimovaАй бұрын
which one is sissoko😔
@EstNineteen908 ай бұрын
That 2 on one with son and sissoko was genius
@sunbae-nim7 ай бұрын
Imo that looked really dumb from Sissoko, just through it to Son and its a goal (take nothing against Van Dijk btw, top player)
@janvertonghen147 ай бұрын
@@sunbae-nim Sissoko couldn't through ball it lol, Van dijk would just clear the ball
@sunbae-nim7 ай бұрын
@@janvertonghen14 hahah actually yeah, I guess if he did that and Van Dijk clears it, someone might say he should've just taken a shot instead 🤣
@janvertonghen147 ай бұрын
@@sunbae-nim lol yep
@wafflesjmr7 ай бұрын
@@sunbae-nim he cut off the passing lane on purpose so Sissoko had no choice but to shoot. Son is the clinical finisher out of the two so there was a lower chance of Sissoko scoring.
@vandijkeditz-to4xi8 ай бұрын
Best defender in the world
@Flamingo.37608 ай бұрын
Nah
@Flamingo.37608 ай бұрын
Nah
@alekspaska8 ай бұрын
in multiverse
@NoahMinecraft-m2n8 ай бұрын
Rn yes back then yes
@gorillula96508 ай бұрын
@@Flamingo.3760nah
@PeterEhik8 ай бұрын
He’s fast, strong and incredibly calm. I doubt we’ve ever seen that combination in one player where all 3 of those attributes are world class
@issayasmelese28808 ай бұрын
took a break last year from being the best and now he has regained it easily.
@ComradeOgilvy19842 ай бұрын
VVD at his prime had absurdly good balance for such a big man, which allowed him to quickly change direction like a small quick player. The 12 months back from injury, he did not have that anymore. It has been slowly returning, month by month, ever since.
@benjaminwilson82348 ай бұрын
He always forces you into the position he wants you in and he regains position better than anyone from the past 10years
@hunterstatus56478 ай бұрын
Still best defender of the world ❤🔥
@rahmancr18848 ай бұрын
😂😂
@faridzeynalov8 ай бұрын
@@rahmancr1884 what are you laughing at?
@rahmancr18848 ай бұрын
@@faridzeynalov bro are you guys watching football from reels or what 😂
@hoanginh14378 ай бұрын
@@rahmancr1884 cr7 fans think real madrid defenders are the best virgil has everything that a modern center back needs vision smart big fast can build up the game with his passes winning the ball on the air and a great leader as well so admit it he may play bad at 21 seasson when he was injured but liverpool without van dijk will become like manchester united clown defenders you know
@hoanginh14378 ай бұрын
@@rahmancr1884 you know even messi 2019 cant catch up when he solo dribble with van dijk he scored 2 goals but first one its a clear tap in and the seccond one is a free kick from 30 meters away clearly im a messi fan but to say dribble pass through van dijk from 1v1 is very hard
@Wilsson_2 ай бұрын
What a privilege it is to watch this man play for my club
@chrislew84232 ай бұрын
Couldn't agree more
@urosbodanec63028 ай бұрын
something what you call smart defending 🔥
@thomasthomas66458 ай бұрын
Goodness gracious me, never seen anything like it in last 40 years. This guy is a freak.
@Cyril1308 ай бұрын
Best one on one defender completely agree
@Golias_Thomas8 ай бұрын
I was waiting for this video because of the match Van Dijk vs Haaland. Van Dijk is a monster.
@Tasrib.8 ай бұрын
Best defender in the football history 🫶
@okekecamilus59008 ай бұрын
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@glucio71378 ай бұрын
sergio ramos left the chat
@FallenKing-f2y8 ай бұрын
Maldini says hi
@AbdiganiIdris8 ай бұрын
@@glucio7137hé is better than ramos tho
@usernotfound11148 ай бұрын
@@glucio7137man said Ramos 🤣
@pingukutepro2 ай бұрын
I notice that he isnt type of defender who goes for the ball or the legs. He just towering the attacker, get closer to them and make them losing balance without commiting the foul
@talktorob8 ай бұрын
People will argue that Ramos, Ferdinand, Vidic or Terry were better - but not one of them could play on the halfway line like VvD does, he's the greatest defender by far
@rmanS2C8 ай бұрын
Whilst I think Rio Ferdinand I agree with you overall. The demands on top centre backs today are higher than they’ve ever been and in terms of individual ability Van dijk is the best centre back we’ve seen since Maldini
@decidev7 ай бұрын
Deluded
@Edyoucation-fe1qq7 ай бұрын
‘By far’ is fucking stupid and insulting to player who’ve done it far more consistently and have won far more, this is why Liverpool fans can’t have nice things.
@mattinterweb7 ай бұрын
100% agree. VVD has more to his game than the others too. The complete CB.
@kabuliish24 ай бұрын
@@Edyoucation-fe1qq 'have won far more' bro it's football, a team sport, you can't say so and so won 3 champions leagues and 10 league titles and that's why he's the better defender you casual... Manuel akanji won more Premier league and champions league titles than van dijk, so you wanna tell me he is a better defender than van dijk cause he has more titles?? Nah only kids and ignorant people use arguments like these (Akanji is nice though, just not on VVDs level)
@tonilimbosslim5861Ай бұрын
0:41 VVD 1 vs 2 sissoko son is the most insane for me. Art of defending, the sense and passing skill. The mentality of captain mind. He has everything
@im_rxroy8 ай бұрын
Pure Beast👍
@mukmin018 ай бұрын
Imagine after so many effort you dribble past this guy then you see another Gigachad Allison Becker. You just gave up.
@HonestAnalyst8 ай бұрын
One of the best and greatest defenders ever.
@CR7_THEGOAT7778 ай бұрын
Deluded
@MrNepboy8 ай бұрын
@@CR7_THEGOAT777you are, yes.
@CR7_THEGOAT7778 ай бұрын
@@MrNepboy that’s just you bud
@niels9578 ай бұрын
@@CR7_THEGOAT777always the ronaldo fanboys acting up
@CR7_THEGOAT7778 ай бұрын
@@niels957 always the Liverpool fans that are deluded. “Best manager,best keeper,best defender,best rb,best lb,best winger in the world” and yet always lose the league to City who they claim don’t have a “manager or players as good as theirs”. Delusional
@Charisteas8 ай бұрын
Never seen a defender like him. He has absolutely everything. He is a cheat code!!!
@kongkansaikia45998 ай бұрын
in the last one, sterling just accepted his fate :P
@janvertonghen147 ай бұрын
Yeah :D
@shehab9767 ай бұрын
Martinez accepted it too
@NinjaCatIsMe8 күн бұрын
Honestly if had to go against van dijk I would too😅
@shixihu28547 күн бұрын
Note that he seldom makes slide tackles to finish one defense. VVD has an incredible skill of following rivals' running pace. It is hard to get rid of him since he can always stick you and it seems "relatively static" with him.
@ebubejamesoriehi29218 ай бұрын
Best in the business!!!
@madyaangsito73088 ай бұрын
he read the game properly that’s why he rarely made tackles 👏🏻
@gingerben93108 ай бұрын
If your getting into football and you want to be a Centre back, This is the player to learn from. And obviously theres more players to learn from but Virg makes it look easy.
@leebp91067 ай бұрын
This is the greatest video I’ve ever seen
@Drogo-r4k8 ай бұрын
"THE WALL"❤
@jackthemac13223 сағат бұрын
I love his style of defending, he doesn't even need to put in tackles he just puts his body between the ball and the attacker and he's fast enough to catch anyone
@awanberlari8 ай бұрын
Best passive defenders with no rush and calm
@tianl987658 ай бұрын
one of the best to ever do it!
@peterwillcox94388 ай бұрын
Not only is he a great defender his range of passing with either foot is ridiculously good.
@stevengerrard67307 ай бұрын
He is not human, just 'The Giant wall'
@kolay-g6t2m8 ай бұрын
So strong and deceptively fast ⚽️
@miner63618 ай бұрын
Undoubtedly, best in one vs one
@AbrorRahimovic8 ай бұрын
The most genius defender I have ever seen
@MrId20098 ай бұрын
ダイクの凄さがわかる動画ありがとう
@speedrj78 ай бұрын
Van Dijk e uns melhores zagueiro atualmente Meu sonho era ver ele Sergio Ramos fazendo dupla de zag
@chilakaikechukwu59392 күн бұрын
Virgil van dijk to the rescue💪🏾😌, Always calculated, calm and does his business cleanly😮💨 Best way to describe a defender!!!🔴🔥
@sampowell84998 ай бұрын
That Sterling one at the end haha
@joshuaalemu99138 ай бұрын
Legend 🔥 🔥
@user-iceage3178 ай бұрын
He is a nightmare for strikers
@vvtx84108 ай бұрын
Wow.. Smart and powerful.
@ALQUDSTUBE8 ай бұрын
Best CB in the world virgil Vandjik
@usernotfound11148 ай бұрын
The best ever, and yes better than Maldini
@mettinkaytaz61068 ай бұрын
Virgil Van Dijk reminds me of Jaap Stam, one on one with a player he is NOT afraid to Bully you - regardless of whoever that player is, Mbappe, Haaland, Vardy, Dzeko, Toney, CR7 etc etc etc, you named em - Big Virg has dealt with em, Quality Indeed
@ComradeOgilvy19842 ай бұрын
What makes Virgil special is how beautifully balanced he is moving at speed, to a level which is astronomically rare for such a big man. That allowed him to shift directions and/or kick into top gear more quickly than the attacker could. When he came back from his knee injury, he did not have that beautiful balance for the first 12 months. It has been slowly coming back to him, in fact, albeit his top speed is not what it was. He is not utterly unbeatable anymore, but most forwards do not have the slimmest chance to beat him 1v1. The very fastest have a prayer of outracing him, but usually his positioning to too good for a little edge in speed to matter.
@mlkhsimovaАй бұрын
when was the knee injury
@ComradeOgilvy1984Ай бұрын
@@mlkhsimova Octover 2020
@mlkhsimovaАй бұрын
@@ComradeOgilvy1984 in which game
@ComradeOgilvy1984Ай бұрын
@@mlkhsimova Against Everton. Pickford wiped him out with a clear cut red card foul, yet VAR never even bothered to review it. (That is not a joke. The VAR official admitted that he failed to do so.)
@asregalo5 күн бұрын
Surprised he doesn’t have a ballon d’or
@Cocktailpage2 ай бұрын
Helped a lot ❤
@bekitadd4048 ай бұрын
🎼Watch him defend and we watch him score🎼
@abdalwahabdrammeh44676 ай бұрын
The ones who are defenders even if it is Sunday league will simply notice that Van Dijk is one of the greatest Cbs ever to play the game
@Jurgenkleykamp7 ай бұрын
too fast, too strong and way to smart!
@cw29157 ай бұрын
Simply best
@dontyouknowme01018 ай бұрын
Van djik gives maldini vibes Soo clean
@yannaputra75304 ай бұрын
Setiap pemain sepakbola punya moment sepersekian detik. Tapi hampir setiap momen dari Virgil mendapatkan momen yang tepat
@aliyusuleimanmuhammad7 күн бұрын
Best defender I have ever seen 🎉
@Heatedr67 ай бұрын
his tracking ability is actually insane
@sameerhirachan12988 ай бұрын
Lion left the jungle for a season doesn’t mean he isn’t a KING😂Rolls Royce Van Dijk is back to his best💪
@ketz1089328 ай бұрын
VVD the GOAT of Defending
@admosse8 ай бұрын
I like the utter frustration on attackers' faces when they lose the ball
@zeefudekingАй бұрын
how will we even replace this legend ?
@eefzoutman51433 ай бұрын
Van Dijk is currently one of the best players the dutch have.
@MrJermson7 ай бұрын
Too strong, too strong and too powerful.
@Escanor_Tauros6664 ай бұрын
Vergil van dijk and Jaap stam combo would go hard
@Olumideleayo7 ай бұрын
The acceleration 🔥🔥🔥
@lilissopiana5 күн бұрын
Wooow clean
@LFCxSID_148 ай бұрын
0:21 how did van dijk play good this situation
@Gidixq8 ай бұрын
Just cause he didn't tackle the ball doesn't he didn't do well. He stayed calm and forced him to the outside. That is all a defender needs to do. He put Haaland very off balance, it wasn't Haaland squandering the chance. It is incredibly hard to do when a player of any kind is running at you that fast. That is why he is the best defender in the world.
@LFCxSID_148 ай бұрын
@@Gidixq but haaland managed to get a shot
@Gidixq8 ай бұрын
@@LFCxSID_14 A shot that was never doing anything. In that situation, Haaland should be scoring.
@yellow_laser39958 ай бұрын
Virgil was putting halland under pressure so it would be hard for him to score
@Adilali71778 ай бұрын
Best difender in premier league 🌟
@Jonern123455 ай бұрын
Van Dijk is literally a powerhouse
@Mark90921Ай бұрын
Cannavaro is better
@jessypet2167 ай бұрын
People underrate how fast this big guy is
@Sentry-ou5ud8 ай бұрын
GOAT
@nikolabozic97914 күн бұрын
2:14 current Van Dijk would make offside trap here, he wouldn't even tried to mark Abraham. 2018-2020 Van Dijk was one of the most dominant CB's of all time.
@mikhailjordanov58638 ай бұрын
People don't realise hiw great VVD is .. to be able to defend that well in a high press team that have their back exposed all the time and still come off on top .. all due respect to Maldini he was one of the best in the business and all that but no defender come close to the 2019 version of VVD. He is what everyone would imagine a complete defender is.
@antoniotoalha94648 ай бұрын
Ele tem um QI muito a cima da média, melhor central do mundo sem dúvidas
@johnmiceter7 ай бұрын
There was also one where Adama Traore made a break for Wolves and Van Dijk ran him down and tackled him and we all know how fast Traore is.
@yvonnemerckel10026 ай бұрын
My captain
@eARKILite4 ай бұрын
No. 4 is a legend number 😂😂🎉🎉
@TheNjackets2 ай бұрын
The GOAT 🐐
@Mark90921Ай бұрын
Baresi is much better
@christiaanvandersar15364 ай бұрын
Best player van de wereld 🌍 van dijk
@i_mrus_8 ай бұрын
Best ever 😊
@AdemSahin99920 күн бұрын
Van Dick bir çeşit Ronaldinho gaucho defans oyuncusu! Hahaha adam bir canavar.🔥🔥
@tyo0078 ай бұрын
that 1v1 sterling basically tell him to "sit down kid"
@elmularcapacho82876 ай бұрын
Es muy fuerte hay que reconocerlo , también muy inteligente
@lostboylost7301Ай бұрын
I just love this man
@davidwoods70424 ай бұрын
He’s nasty. Imagine him in the NFL 😳
@srkclan98327 ай бұрын
@EstNineteen90 2个星期前 与儿子和西索科的二对一真是天才
@OleKristianFjelltun-LarsenАй бұрын
One word for defenders; Patience
@FernandoSantoslopes-mj9lb8 ай бұрын
Sou fã pra krl
@dianaciucur66292 ай бұрын
Best defender
@mazfaiz2808Ай бұрын
Definisi : bola boleh lewat orang jangan 😄
@thatguyinthathat.s69698 ай бұрын
There's one clip of Laturo Martinez... where is just gives up.. because he didn't want to get in a foot race with VanDijk.
@ericleyva48297 ай бұрын
Him and Wan Bissaka are best 1v1 defenders in the world
@ricardolombardini3 ай бұрын
Love how strikers are puzzled and look at the referee like: "it's a foul". It's not he is just stronger than you.