Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was happy to see Virgil van Dijk handle Burnley's attack on Saturday.
In his second competitive game back from knee surgery Van Dijk helped Liverpool to a 2-0 win.
Klopp said, "The package of Virgil van Dijk is really helpful. I like talking about Virgil but I don't like when we talk about last season [that it's about] 'Virgil van Dijk didn't play'. Just to mention again, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip didn't play as well which didn't make the situation easier and people tend to forget how good they are. But of course it's cool having Virgil back.
'He was for sure in moments on the edge today, not physically, not in a dangerous way, just the intensity of the game was incredible – especially for the centre-halves. You are constantly in the air, the ref whistles absolutely nothing, strikers are in your body. That was a proper test today and, honestly, I love football, I love all these challenges, all these kind of things, yes, but we came from protecting the players slightly more to letting the game all flow.
"There is a grey area in between which for sure we will have to adapt again during the season because just now letting the game run doesn't sound like it makes too much sense. We still need to talk about different things. For today it was fine but it was a proper test for the centre-halves and a proper test for Virgil today. He passed it and all good."