Here’s our look back on the story of 2018…
January
One of Liverpool’s most momentous days of 2018 was the very first.
On the morning of January 1, the arrival of Virgil van Dijk from Southampton was signed and sealed after an agreement had been announced five days earlier. That day, though, the Dutchman’s new teammates were occupied elsewhere and a different centre-back took the limelight as Jürgen Klopp’s side ground out a hard-fought and memorable victory away to Burnley.
The score was 1-1 as the match creeped into its 94th minute on a wet and windy day at Turf Moor, when Ragnar Klavan appeared at the back post to bundle in a Dejan Lovren knockdown and spark scenes of absolute mayhem in the away end.