Virgil van Dijk talks up ‘difficult’ clash with Ajax in Champions League quarter-finals (Metro)

Virgil van Dijk believes Liverpool will have a ‘difficult’ task on their hands should they draw Ajax in the Champions League quarter-finals.

The 27-year-old centre-back scored Liverpool’s second goal in a convincing 3-1 victory over Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena as Jurgen Klopp’s side booked their place in the next round of the competition.

Liverpool fell at the final hurdle to Real Madrid in last year’s final but the Spanish giants are no longer a concern after they were eliminated by Ajax last week.

The Eredivisie club have fast become the Champions League’s dark horses and proved their class with a stunning 5-3 aggregate victory over Madrid, Santiago Solari’s last European match as manager at the Bernabeu. Read more

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