Virgil van Dijk scored for Liverpool in their Champions League win over Italian giants AC Milan on Tuesday night - and that has led to some glowing praise.
Former Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster has dished out the highest praise to Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk . Foster, who also played in the Premier League for Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion and Watford, was speaking on the Fozcast when he made a glowing admission regarding the Dutch defender. Foster said: 'At the peak of his powers when he first signed for Liverpool, the best defender that's ever lived.
I knew we weren't keeping him for long! 'I played against him and I always used to try and go on the other centre-back... He had everything, he was strong as an ox, good in the air, but he was rapid and there was no real weak point to his game.' He finished by comparing only Vincent Kompany to van Dijk, but insisted scrapping with a defender proved easier than composed actions of the Liverpool man: 'I didn't mind the hard ones; Vidic, the guys who'd smash.
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