Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says Virgil van Dijk remains the best centre-back in the world.

Klopp insists Van Dijk is back to his best form.

He said: "Virgil is the best defender in the world.

"It always was [and] will always be; Virg is the best defender in the world.

"Did he have lesser good spells? Yes. [But] if you show me one [player] who never had [that] I will be really happy to meet him. To be honest, probably that's how we all are.

"When we look back in the past and the Rio Ferdinands on the planet, not to blame him, but were [they] then good all the time? Or Jaap Stam, Sami Hyypia, or whatever?

"[Were they] always perfect? Nobody was and nobody will be. So, yes, Virg in that shape is for us super, super, super-important."