Liverpool captain Van Dijk reflects on his journey and success in the Carabao Cup final, defying critics and contributing to the club's resurgence.
As he sat in the victorious Wembley dressing room with a winner’s medal draped around his neck and Dua Lipa’s One Kiss blaring out of the sound system, a smile crept across Van Dijk 's face. “They thought I was finished,” said Liverpool 's captain wryly. It was a pointed reference to the criticism he received last season when Jurgen Klopp’s Anfield reign lurched alarmingly off the rails. No one has contributed more than Van Dijk to the club’s thrilling resurgence since.
How he has embraced taking on greater responsibility since being handed the armband following Henderson's departure last summer. How he has returned to operating at the peak of his powers. Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate bask in their success in the Wembley dressing room (Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images) This was a tale of the master and his apprentices combining to help Liverpool complete the first leg of a possible quadruple. The circumstances were remarkable. They had no right to win this Carabao Cup final
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