Virgil van Dijk made the headlines with a implausible header to attain the winner for Liverpool, placing them simply two wins away from successful the Premier League.
The Reds went into the sport 10 factors forward of Arsenal who drew towards Brentford on Saturday. A win vs West Ham would lengthen their result in 13 and that’s precisely what occurred.
Liverpool took the lead within the 18th minute because of an excellent Mohamed Salah help from outdoors his foot for Luis Diaz, who tapped it dwelling from shut vary.
Fulham responded with an enhance second half efficiency and received a deserved equaliser late within the recreation. A mixture up between Van Dijk and Robertson resulted in an own-goal by the Scot within the 86th minute.
However the Liverpool captain stepped up and scored the winner with a strong header simply 4 minutes later.
The celebration by the Dutchman confirmed what the purpose meant to him and Liverpool’s title cost. It additionally gave a giant trace on his future on the membership amid speculations as he kissed the badge in entrance of the supporters.
Virgil Van Dijk on his contract scenario
Mo Salah and Van Dijk gave a post-match interview on Sky Sports activities, and the contract scenario remained the subject of debate because it has for a lot of the season.
Whereas Salah penned a brand new two-year contract on Friday ending the saga surrounding him, Van DIjk’s future stays within the air. Nevertheless, stories have urged that he has agreed on a brand new deal as effectively with an official announcement imminent.
The Egyptian additionally appeared to have by accident confirmed the information in his put up match interview stating that hopefully the Dutchman is subsequent.
And when probed additional about Salah’s feedback, Van Dijk stated the next:
“I can let you know that I’m very proud at this time to captain my one hundredth recreation for Liverpool.
“It was an emotional day, clearly due to the Hillsborough anniversary.
“That was the primary focus, to get the three factors and get a step nearer to all of our desires; not solely us as enjoying workers, however everybody that’s linked to Liverpool FC. That’s the primary factor.
“Everybody is aware of how a lot I really like this membership and let’s see what the subsequent week will appear to be.”
