This week Ralph Hasenhüttl was inevitably asked how his players will navigate past Virgil van Dijk and, given only Leroy Sané managed to dribble beyond the Dutchman across 56 games for club and country last season, there is no masking the size of that task.
Van Dijk will line up against his former club for Liverpool at St Mary’s on Saturday, and the absence of a commanding defender remains a pertinent problem for which they are yet to find a solution.
Written by Ben Fisher
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/16/southampton-ralph-hasenhuttl-day-off-cancelled-liverpool under the title “Day off cancelled and individual meetings – how Hasenhüttl has prepared for Liverpool”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
