LIVERPOOL, England -- Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Liverpool's players decided on naming Virgil van Dijk as the club's third-choice captain.
Van Dijk captained Liverpool for the first time in Wednesday's 4-0 win over Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League, with usual skipper Jordan Henderson injured and vice-captain James Milner an unused substitute.
Klopp moved away from his usual approach of handing the armband to the longest-serving player in the starting XI when Henderson or Milner were absent and decided to let the team make the call.
"I decided Hendo and Milly would stay as captain and vice, and the team decided the next two captains," Klopp told a news conference on Friday.