Fans react on social media as Virgil van Dijk is dragged off at half-time by Jurgen Klopp

Fans on social media have reacted to Virgil van Dijk being dragged off at half-time by Jurgen Klopp. 

Liverpool were struggling against a dominant Brentford and found themselves 2-0 down at the half-time interval – before eventually losing 3-1.

Fans on social media have said that the German manager was right to take Van Dijk off – following a ‘poor’ performance in the first 45. However, it looks like the 31-year-old was withdrawn with an injury rather than performance-related reasons.

One fan said: ‘Virgil was poor 1st half so no surprise he is taken off.’ 

This seemed to be a common theme amongst much of social media and another fan said: ‘Virgil off and deservedly so, he’s been poor.’

The Holland defender has been out of sorts recently and this continued in the first-half against Brentford.

The centre-back was caught napping when a ball behind the defence was played into Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo – which eventually led to the opening goal of the game. 

Another fan added: ‘No complaints from me about Virgil going off. Tsimikas and Elliott both shocking. Klopp could’ve taken off anyone to be honest so bad.’

These Liverpool fans agreed with Klopp’s decision to take Van Dijk off at half-time vs Brentford

Van Dijk had to watch the second-half from the Liverpool bench after being substituted

Upon seeing Van Dijk’s substitution, rival fans also took to social media to share their thoughts on Klopp’s half-time swap.

Luke Shaw has been filling in at centre-back for Manchester United and one Twitter user said the left-back is ‘a better CB than Van Dijk [right now].’

Another rival fan compared Van Dijk to Harry Maguire after his first-half performance in the loss against the Bees.

Liverpool play Wolves in the FA Cup next and will be hoping to bounce back from this disappointing result. 

These rival fans took to social media to discuss Van Dijk’s half-time substitution vs Brentford