Klopp: Liverpool will wait for Van Dijk like ‘a good wife when husband is in jail’

Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk limped out of Saturday’s Merseyside derby (Laurence Griffiths/PA)

Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool will be patient with injured defender Virgil Van Dijk like “a good wife waiting when the husband is in jail”.

Centre-back Van Dijk requires surgery on the serious knee problem he sustained during Saturday’s 2-2 Merseyside derby draw with Everton.