Champions League: Liverpool defender, Virgil van Dijk issues threat to Kylian Mbappe ahead of the match against PSG

Liverpool expensive defender, Virgil van Dijk was in active service for his home country, the Netherlands as they played against the current world champions, France.

Although, the game ended in a 2 – 1 defeat to the Netherlands, Van Dijk disclosed it was a tough match but he is proud of the Netherlands team.

Tough defeat last night against the world champions but proud of this team and this group. We will stick together, keep working and keep progressing, thats the only way forward! Now time to go back to Liverpool to get ready for an important run of games ahead 👍💪 pic.twitter.com/gwniSoNtkB

— Virgil van Dijk (@VirgilvDijk) September 10, 2018

The amazing aspect of the game was how the Netherlands captain managed the defense line for his home country.

As he went ahead to hold down one of the fastest youngsters in the world, Kylian Mbappe.

Van Dijk stood his ground against what would have been a second goal from Mbappe.

The Liverpool defender, however, issued a threat to the France youngster as he told him to be prepared for a tougher challenge when he comes to Anfield alongside PSG for the first leg of the Champions League tournament.

The duo of Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud scored the double for France.

Well,  the UEFA Champions League would soon commence and the match between Liverpool and PSG  will be a star studded match with the likes of Edinson Cavani, Mo Salah, Neymar Jnr, Sadio Mane, Mbappe and Roberto Firmino playing.

I was wrong not to play this Liverpool star in the 2018 World Cup