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Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has attracted backlash from Manchester United fans after claiming that Virgil van Dijk is a better defender than Nemanja Vidic.
Carragher took to Twitter on Monday morning after the Liverpool star made another embarrassing move in the weekend’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal.
Van Dijk was at fault for Arsenal’s first opener when he accidentally put the ball into the path of Gabriel Martinelli. The Brazilian winger continued to shoot the ball into the goal.
Following Van Dijk’s poor performances – one of many this season from the 31-year-old – the football fan’s account on Twitter revealed that he was disappointed when compared to one of the Premier League’s greatest defenders, such as Rio Ferdinand. , John Terry, Vincent Kompany and Nemanja Vidic
Carragher shot back, “VVD is much better than Vidic, who was a top CB, but have you forgotten his performance against Torres?”
The Liverpool legend added: “Rio and JT have had poor seasons like all players in their careers, VVD is having one now. No CB influenced group VVD in the PL era.
VDD is much better than Vidic who was a top CB but have you forgotten his performance against Torres?
Rio and JT have had as many weak seasons in their careers as any player, VVD is having one right now.
No CB has had a VVD impact on a team in the PL era. https://t.co/rZ7vfHRN7d
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) April 10, 2023
“Never mind the best CB in the league, he’s been the best player in the league for four years with KDB before this game.”
We’ve never talked about him being the best player in the CBC, it just shows the level he’s at.
Never mind the best CB in the league, he has been the best player in the league for four years with KDB before this tournament.
We’ve never talked about other CB’s being the best player, which shows the level he’s at. https://t.co/1Igh7tMikM
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) April 10, 2023
As expected, Carragher’s comments, which pointed to Vidic’s better stats than Van Dijk, did not go down well with United fans.
Vidic has surpassed Van Dijk in many metrics such as match-winning goals, winning rate, last-man tackles, trophy wins, clean sheets, individual awards, aerial duels success rate and wins.
🚨📊 Nemanja Vidic beat Virgil van Dijk in the Premier League with the following figures.
Game winning goals
Control the level of victory
Mistakes leading to goals
Last man tackles
Goal line gaps
Clean sheets
The best player of the season
League titles @statman Dave 🔴 pic.twitter.com/3mdD14u3sp— UtdPlug (@UtdPlug) April 10, 2023
The Athletic’s Andy Mitton reported that in 2009, Carragher spoke to Vidic about his disgraceful display against Torres in which he mocked Van Dijk as superior to the Serb.
Mitten Vidic said they firmly broke the stereotype that Torres often struggled with.
“It was a game,” Vidic told Mitin. The story has grown. I went to head the ball and changed my mind and tried to pass it to Edwin van der Sar. I got the distance wrong; Torres scores. He always created chances, but Drogba was tougher and always on you.
I spoke with NV: “People say: ‘You had difficult games with Torres’ – it was one game. The story grew. I went to direct the ball, changed my mind and tried to pass to EVDS. Torres scored, he always created chances, but Drogba was always stronger. It was on you.”
— Andy Mitten (@AndyMitten) April 10, 2023
Vidic’s former team-mate Rio Ferdinand has launched a fierce defense of his former team-mate. Speaking on the Vibe with Five YouTube channel, Ferdinand blasted Carragher’s reasoning and baseless conclusion.
“Liverpool are defending,” Ferdinand said. I don’t know what I’m seeing now! I can’t get my head around it. Van Dijk has been the best defender in the world for the last two years. He looks like a shadow of himself, lost in form, obviously.
“I saw Jamie Carragher tweeting something about Van Dijk being better than Vidic, I don’t know why. He mentioned Torres.
“I think Torres scored three goals in 15 games against Vidic. Think that’s a bit of a myth. He had a few poor moments in those games and was sent off a couple of times, but Torres was aggravating every time he played and that wasn’t the case. Three goals in 15 games.”
Just as Ferdinand Rashford scored six goals in 13 games for Liverpool, and the same stats don’t equate to tormenting United No.10 Van Dijk, Torres’ three goals were not always better than Vidic’s.
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