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Liverpool got what they paid for in Virgil van Dijk, he has fixed the defence

The FC guys are already seeing improvements in Liverpool's defence and ability to close out games following their victory over Crystal Palace. (1:12)

It was a little over a year ago that former Liverpool teammates Jamie Carragher and Jamie Redknapp got into a heated discussion on TV about the club's defensive vulnerability after being held to a 3-3 draw at Watford on opening day.

The focus was specifically on the vulnerability from set-pieces and how Liverpool's failure to get a deal done for Southampton centre-back Virgil van Dijk would continue to cost them. That was Redknapp's take anyway -- he insisted that Van Dijk would have solved all of Liverpool's problems.