Virgil van Dijk's tackle on Dries Mertens in ... his studs caught Mertens' ankle after he swept the ball away in a slide tackle. Van Dijk claimed he had won the ball cleanly but Ancelotti argued ...

The best soccer defenders in the world, like Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk, have all-but perfected ... are the most skilled at elite tackles. A slide tackle is a type of tackle where, as the name ...

Shortly after Anthony Gordon's opening goal for Newcastle, Alexander Isak is brought down just outside the box by Virgil van Dijk, who receives a straight red card for denying an obvious goal ...

The 4-1 win against Ipswich was a milestone fixture for Van Dijk, whose form makes waving goodbye in May unthinkable ...