Virgil van Dijk’s says views on ‘great rivalry’ with Man City have not changed despite guilty verdict

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Virgil van Dijk insisted that Liverpool had enjoyed a great rivalry against Manchester City and that his feelings about it have not changed after their rivals were found guilty of 114 charges of breaching Premier League financial rules. City were deemed to have inflated their income by more than £900m in a nine-year period, giving them a spending power which helped them twice pip Liverpool to the title by one point.