Virgil van Dijk becomes a meme after questionable defending gifts Man Utd first goal

Liverpool suffered a 2-1 humbling at the hands of Manchester United on Monday night 

Virgil van Dijk's questionable defending for the first Manchester United goal has been widely mocked on social media. The Dutch centre-back received a grilling from captain James Milner after his side went behind to an early Jadon Sancho goal. https://twitter.com/broos_selasi/status/1561798342551764995?s=20&t=m0m12dpB_eA0qrvrC3zhQg United, after losing their opening two games of the Premier League season, were the sharper of the sides at Old Trafford, and deservedly took the lead after 15 minutes. A nice passing interchange between new United signings Tyrrell Malacia and Christian Eriksen teed up Sancho in the centre of the Liverpool box. Alisson committed himself to an early dive, and Milner slid in to block a shot that never came. In between both men was Van Dijk, who stood with his arms behind his back. https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1561795009975828483?s=20&t=yN-rEy8VnArYcljItdVvcQ Unfortunately for Van Dijk his unusual way of defending, in particular the stance he took, has been ridiculed and transformed into memes. Some of which are pretty brutal! https://twitter.com/TomLevins1/status/1561803003023220738?s=20&t=87O4NVbs_wsD5KltLV2auw https://twitter.com/Grov_esy/status/1561812198430736385?s=20&t=KSWaYor_uD-7ViAOtoEjhA https://twitter.com/ErlingRoIe/status/1561829848640880642?s=20&t=T7wNsi1cGd_QY0gtOifQ_g https://twitter.com/CFCRaf2/status/1561802081727647754?s=20&t=HQuLAQmVfoW5di_31tsBVw https://twitter.com/rxlfpacked/status/1561795172018655232?s=20&t=fwsL1ZTEsfciT23IHS_baA

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