'it Was Over The Top' - Van Dijk And Rooney's Awkward On-air Exchange

Virgil van Dijk called retired Wayne Rooney's "over nan top" disapproval of him unrecorded connected aerial aft Liverpool's 1-0 triumph against Real Madrid connected Tuesday.

The Liverpool skipper said to lucifer broadcasters Amazon Prime aft nan match, taking questions from pundits, including Rooney.

Last period connected nan Wayne Rooney Show, nan erstwhile Manchester United striker criticised nan assemblage language of Van Dijk and Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah aft a tally of 4 consecutive Premier League defeats.

Van Dijk responded by accusing Rooney of "lazy criticism", earlier Rooney past doubled down connected his comments.

On Tuesday they came face-to-face for nan first clip since nan comments, resulting successful somewhat awkward encounter.

Here's really it unfolded:

Van Dijk approached nan Amazon Prime squad pitchside and greeted each nan pundits - including Rooney - earlier opinionated adjacent to nan erstwhile England striker.

The question and reply began pinch presenter Gabby Logan asking Van Dijk to reappraisal nan triumph earlier Logan past addressed nan mediocre tally nan Reds had been on, and really important a squad gathering aft nan 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Manchester United connected 19 October had been to improving form.

Van Dijk: "It is easy to opportunity now because we won doubly successful a statement that it helped beautiful good but successful a world of chaos you person to effort and enactment calm and return position of things. In that gathering nan clip was October, truthful overmuch shot to beryllium played, truthful galore twists and turns that tin hap and I deliberation astatine times nan sound was a batch (said pinch a mini grin connected his face)."

Logan: "You looking astatine anybody information present successful particular?"

Van Dijk: "No, nary not each but perceive I deliberation it is very important to put things successful perspective, support your caput down and activity and get retired nan business because nan value we have, that is not nan issue. It is astir support moving and support going."

Robbie Fowler: "Does nan extracurricular sound impact you aliases are you conscionable happy plodding along, doing what you request to do and effort and put group right?"

Van Dijk: "I deliberation each of you cognize present you are dealing pinch a squad of 25 players, a batch of young players and a mates of older players for illustration myself and everyone lives a different life. I tin opportunity for maine personally it doesn't impact maine but arsenic a skipper I americium dealing pinch players who whitethorn beryllium affected astir it."

Logan: "Has immoderate of nan disapproval been fair, do you think?"

Van Dijk: "Of course, if you suffer 4 aliases 5 games successful a statement arsenic a Liverpool subordinate past it is simply a adjacent criticism, that is perfectly normal successful that sense. But I deliberation it is complete nan apical astatine times arsenic good astatine that point, but that is because we unrecorded successful a world pinch truthful galore platforms and truthful galore group tin opportunity stuff, it will beryllium picked up and made bigger. I deliberation it is bully that ex-players who played astatine nan highest level who dealt pinch difficult moments arsenic good puts a batch successful position (said pinch a grin arsenic Rooney laughs)."

Rooney: "I americium not saying thing anymore because I deliberation I spurred them connected and put them connected a winning streak!

"I deliberation what I've said was adjacent erstwhile you triumph nan Premier League and past spell connected a tally wherever you suffer 3 aliases 4 games successful a row, which you don't expect from Liverpool complete nan past fewer years.

"As Virgil is skipper I deliberation that is your opportunity to spell and lead nan players and that is what I was saying. That happens successful shot and I deliberation nan consequence has been awesome from Virgil and nan team."

Van Dijk: "I deliberation if you watched games past I would decidedly return responsibility. I deliberation nan remark that I signed my caller woody and past it was for illustration that is it and I fto it descent I deliberation that was a bit... but that's my individual sentiment and we move on."

Once nan question and reply was complete, Van Dijk embraced Rooney and nan remainder of nan Amazon Prime squad earlier leaving nan set.