So cool, calm and collected our Dutch No.4, Virgil van Dijk, is that you can’t help but feel a little shocked when the centre-back is struck by a moment of carelessness.
The former Southampton man got his side into some early trouble in the opening minutes of action at Portman Road with a careless pass from the back finding itself at the feet of an Ipswich player.
Fortunately, his defensive partner, Jarell Quansah, was on hand to deliver a potentially game-defining block to kill the threat.
Exactly the kind of thing, we suspect, Arne Slot was speaking about when criticising his side’s tendency to go for risky passes.
You can catch the clip below, courtesy of Canal+ on X (via Si Senor):
Van Dijk with an error but Big Quansah steps up and stops the shot pic.twitter.com/hfSGg23ako
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