If Virgil van Dijk gets injured tomorrow and doesn’t play again this season, you can kiss goodbye to the Premier League title
Steve Nicol on Liverpool star Virgil van Dijk
Sterling has scored 17 goals and assisted nine as City look to win a second successive title under Pep Guardiola.
Nicol says it is hard to pick between the duo for the end-of-season gong.
However, he believes Liverpool would find it much harder without Van Dijk than City would if Sterling was missing for a period of time.
“That [PFA Player of the Year] is a real tough one,” Nicol said.
Liverpool can kiss goodbye to the Premier League if Virgil van Dijk gets injured, says Steve Nicol (Image: ESPN/GETTY)
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Nicol says Liverpool cannot cope without Virgil van Dijk for the Premier League run in (Image: ESPN)
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Virgil van Dijk has started every Premier League game for Liverpool this season (Image: GETTY)
“I really is a taste thing, because there’s no doubt it’s between him and Raheem Sterling.
“If you’re somebody that thinks that the game is about goals, then you’re going to go with Raheem Sterling.
“If you’re someone who thinks the game is about the influence that you have on not only your team but the league you play with, then Virgil van Dijk’s your man.
“In his position you could argue that he’s better in his position than Sterling is [in his].