EPL: Van Dijk named Standard Chartered Player of the month
Liverpool defencer, Virgil van Dijk has been crowned as the first Standard Chartered Player of the Month for 2018-19, in recognition of his outstanding performance for Liverpool.
The club stated this on its official website on Wednesday.
Van Dijk won the award ahead of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, with the pair finishing in second and third position in the voting respectively.
The former Southampton player, who was presented with the trophy at Melwood said, “Firstly, I want to say thank you very much to everyone who voted. It was a great month for all of us, so a big thanks to everyone who voted for me.
“It’s my first one and I am very pleased to have won it, but almost everyone in the team deserved it this month; everyone has been outstanding, giving their all, and you could see that in the results.
“I’m very happy we’re doing so well at the moment and we need to keep going.
“I am enjoying every bit of it, but that’s all credit to everyone in the team – all of the players involved. It’s not only me and I would never take credit on my own.”
“We do it all together and it starts on the training pitch,” said Dijk.
