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Virgil van Dijk’s performance provoked a strong reaction from Man United fans

Published 20:37 27 Jan 2018 GMT

Updated 21:32 27 Jan 2018 GMT

Robert Redmond
Virgil van Dijk’s performance provoked a strong reaction from Man United fans

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Liverpool went into half-time of their FA Cup fourth-round tie trailing West Brom.

The Baggies took a 3-1 lead into the break, after coming from behind to leave Anfield stunned. Roberto Firmino opened the scoring after just six minutes, netting with a deft lob over Ben Foster. However, a minute later, West Brom were level. Jay Rodriguez buried a first-time shot from the edge of the penalty area past Simon Mignolet. https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/957341628330491904 After 11 minutes, it was 2-1 to the visitors - Rodriguez got his second of the night. https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/957342601715200000 VAR cancelled out a third goal for West Brom... https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/957345319540404225 And Firmino missed a penalty in a frantic and entertaining first-half... https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/957346603269943296 Which ended with West Brom leading 3-1. Joel Matip scored an own-goal, just before the half-time whistle. Manchester United fans enjoyed what they were seeing, with many of them taking pleasure in witnessing Vigil van Dijk struggle. The Liverpool defender may have cost £75m from Southampton, but he can't solve the team's defensive problems on his own. As the first-half against West Brom proved, these issues don't start and end with one individual player. https://twitter.com/NickMiller79/status/957342254548619265 Yet, this was inevitable. In fact, for the rest of the season, each time Liverpool concede a goal, you'll see this reaction. United fans, confident that they have never witnessed an expensive signing play poorly for their team, laid into Van Dijk. https://twitter.com/UtdOliver/status/957341891770626049 https://twitter.com/UtdOliver/status/957341337090699271 https://twitter.com/FootBoIa/status/957342799149584384 https://twitter.com/TheManUtdWay/status/957342189163597824 https://twitter.com/keefyw/status/957341975547609088 https://twitter.com/utdxtra/status/957343669182443522 https://twitter.com/Mufc_Sarah/status/957342809044017152 https://twitter.com/AlexisRole/status/957342220545417221

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Virgil van Dijk's performance provoked a strong reaction from Man United fans