Virgil van Dijk has backed central defender Ibrahima Konate to keep getting better despite the mistake that cost Liverpool their lead at Wolves on Saturday.

Konato headed the opener but made a mistake that allowed the Reds to equalise before Mo Salah converted a penalty to seal the win at Molineux.

“We want everyone to play as hard as they can, Ibou is incredible, a special player who keeps getting better and better,” Van Dijk said. “

He was solid defensively and was a little bit unlucky with the goal we conceded, but he has quality and he was outstanding.

The Reds are flying high this season and sitting at the top of the Premier League standings ahead of rivals Manchester City and Arsenal.

Their record in the other competitions has been perfect and a large reason of their brilliant form has been their defensive quality.

In six Premier League matches this season, they have only conceded two goals.

The partnership of Van Dijk and Konate has worked well for the Merseyside club.

The report in The Athletic has revealed that Van Dijk was crucial in Konate regaining his lost form at Anfield.

Konate was seeing little playing time at the end of last season under former manager Jurgen Klopp.

“He’s learning, he’s growing and getting better, he’s looking after himself a lot, he’s playing every three days. “

And he’s got another young lad behind him in Jarrell (Quansah), ufabet http://ufabet999.app who is another good one, they push each other.”

Virgil Van Dijk has been a reliable presence for Liverpool

The Dutch centre-back has had the opportunity to play with different partners during his time at the club and Konate has the potential to become the best among them.

Joel Matip, Joe Gomez and Konate have partnered Van Dijk during his spell at Liverpool and the Frenchman has the talent to become a great defender for Liverpool and his country.

Just like Van Dijk is a reliable presence for his partners on the pitch, he proved to be the same for Konate off the pitch and proved that with his actions.

Liverpool have a leader in Van Dijk and the club should do everything they can to make him extend his contract which is set to expire at the end of the season.