{"id":289522,"date":"2023-09-30T05:49:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T05:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=289522"},"modified":"2023-09-30T05:49:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T05:49:44","slug":"five-liverpool-players-named-in-combined-tottenham-xi-as-virgil-van-dijk-axed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/five-liverpool-players-named-in-combined-tottenham-xi-as-virgil-van-dijk-axed\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Liverpool players named in combined Tottenham XI as Virgil van Dijk axed"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jamie O\u2019Hara named just five Liverpool players in a combined Tottenham 11 and incredibly opted to omit Reds captain Virgil van Dijk. The former midfielder has said anyone picking the Dutch defender is \u2018living in the past\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Van Dijk\u2019s Liverpool partner Ibrahima Konate and Spurs star Cristian Romero both get in a combined Liverpool-Spurs team ahead of the 32-year-old. There is also no place for Andy Robertson, although Trent Alexander-Arnold gets in ahead of Pedro Porro.\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u2019Hara believes Spurs\u2019 midfield is better than Liverpool\u2019s, too, with Yves Bissouma and James Maddison picked over the likes of Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch. O\u2019Hara\u2019s team features six players from the North Londoners and five from Liverpool.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t disagree with Alisson in goal. Guglielmo Vicario\u2019s been brilliant for Spurs and made some quality saves last weekend against Arsenal, but you can\u2019t not have Alisson in there,\u201d the 37-year-old explained to Grosvenor Sport.<\/p>\n
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