It's amazing isn't it. Here we have the best centre back I've ever seen play for us, possibly the best the league has ever seen, definitely the best in the world at present and the last few seasons. He's completely class. He has what, 2? poor games and everyone is saying he has been bad for a while now, he's not on it, he's slackened. Go back even 1 page and there was literally no one mentioning a thing about any of that, it was full of comments how he has been immense all season, best defender ever, up there with Baresi and co. He's had 1 or 2 iffy games. Even Van Dijk needs a midfield in front of him to make tackles, close people down and track runners, none of which happened last night. He was brilliant against Arsenal and Chelsea.
I'm not saying he's not open to criticism because he is and that's fair enough but be fair with it. I think he was poor last night myself, but I also think a lot of it was due to poor defending from those in front of him.