Virgil van Dijk has earned a plethora of plaudits over the past two years and the centre back has gained another one from one of football's rising stars.
Borussia Dortmund hotshot Erling Braut Haaland says he hates going up against the Liverpool defender.
The pair have faced each other twice this season already in the Champions League group stages - when Haaland was playing for RB Salzburg before his £17million transfer to Dortmund in the January window.
Liverpool came out on top in both of those encounters - winning the first match at Anfield 4-3 on October 2 before going to Austria and triumphing 2-0 in December.