{"id":8136,"date":"2025-06-10T23:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T03:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/video-liverpools-virgil-van-dyke-channels-his-inner-steven-gerrard-on-a-great-strike-for-the-netherlands\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T23:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T03:01:07","slug":"video-liverpools-virgil-van-dyke-channels-his-inner-steven-gerrard-on-a-great-strike-for-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/video-liverpools-virgil-van-dyke-channels-his-inner-steven-gerrard-on-a-great-strike-for-the-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Liverpool&#8217;s Virgil van Dyke channels his inner Steven Gerrard on a great strike for the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool captain Virgil van Dyk advanced from central defense and won the Dutch national team&#8217;s unusual long-range strike.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The experienced Dutch International got it 3-0 against Malta and 3-0 against Malta as they started early tonight&#8217;s match in this World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk has made occasional advances to get headers from the set pieces, but it&#8217;s a bit unusual to see him drill on a fine strike with his right foot.<\/p>\n<p>For Van Dyke&#8217;s long range target, check out this slightly reminiscent of the goals Liverpool legend Stephen Gerrard could score&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos from Viaplay<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Van Dick is clearly pleased with his strike, and the Dutch fans present will certainly enjoy the fact that he is proving to be on a little walk around the park for their team.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Dipey also scored twice for Oranger, firing in the opener from the penalty spot before adding two seconds a few minutes later.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virgil Van Dijk celebrates his score against Malta in the Netherlands (Photo: Dean Mouhtaropoulos\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Virgil Van Dijk recently signed a new Liverpool deal<\/h2>\n<p>Van Dick can focus on playing his best football with his national team after a recent resolution of his future at Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old Captain LFC won the Premier League title of the season, but the entire campaign was also full of stories about the future of several Key Reds stars.<\/p>\n<p>Van Dick was nearing the end of his contract, but alongside Liverpool teammate Mohamed Sarah, he was to sign a new (confirmed on the club&#8217;s official website in April) contract.<\/p>\n<p>However, Trent Alexander Arnold allowed him to run out of his deal, and he left Anfield for a move to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool captain Virgil van Dyk advanced from central defense and won the Dutch national team&#8217;s unusual long-range strike. The experienced Dutch International got it 3-0 against Malta and 3-0 against Malta as they started early tonight&#8217;s match in this World Cup qualifier. Van Dijk has made occasional advances to get headers from the set pieces, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-8136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}