Liverpool have typically been credited with flowing, stunning soccer to look at, although have earned loads of criticism for his or her supposed incapacity to name on the darkish arts when required to take dwelling all three factors.

Virgil van Dijk proved that maybe the Reds are extra keen now to embrace such techniques after footage shared on-line by @CF_Compss revealed the Dutchman apparently scuffing up the penalty spot forward of Jarrod Bowen’s spot-kick.

It’s unclear how a lot of an impression it had on the next try from the West Ham man, although it’s doable it helped teammate Alisson Becker in his efforts to maintain the Merseysiders forward.

You may catch the clip under, courtesy of Amazon Prime (by way of @CF_Compss):

VVD MY HERO pic.twitter.com/f4LGiU9oPb

— CF Comps (@CF_Compss) October 19, 2022