Liverpool are expected to “break open the bank’s safe” to tie Virgil van Dijk down to a new contract, one journalist in his native Netherlands believes. While it has been interpreted elsewhere as a major update on Van Dijk’s future, suggestions Liverpool are close to agreeing a new deal with their captain appear wide of the mark.

A young Tottenham mascot pleaded for Virgil van Dijk to join his club but Spurs ended up keeping a clean sheet and will take a 1-0 lead to Anfield for the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk reflected on his side's 1-0 defeat to Spurs in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg, insisting that he and his teammates will respond.