​Man Utd hero Cole fancies himself against Liverpool star van Dijk: Give him nightmares!

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14 Oct 2020 • 12:42 PM MYT
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Manchester United legend Andy Cole would have fancied his chances of playing against Virgil Van Dijk.

Many supporters and pundits praise Van Dijk as one of the top Premier League defenders of all time.

While Cole does admire the Dutchman, he thinks he could have gotten the better of the Liverpool man in his heyday.

He told Sunday World: "Van Dijk is a really good player, but I'm the kind of individual who would love to have played against him - and I feel like I would have got to him.

"You want to test yourself against the best and he is the best at the moment, without a doubt, but I like to look at defenders and find weaknesses in them and we have seen a few with Van Dijk in the last few months.

"I watched him in the opening game of the season against Leeds and the strikers who give him problems are the ones who run in behind him and stretch him.

"They scored three goals that day and he didn't look like he enjoyed the experience."