Liverpool 2-1 Everton: 5 things we learned

Van Dijk crowns his debut with winning goal

Virgil van Dijk is the talk of the town following his Liverpool debut.

It was, without doubt, the headline-makers' dream.

Virgil van Dijk, with the score tied at 1-1 late on, rising highest to head home the winner and it played out like a dream come true.

Liverpool's new £75m man got off to a great start at his new home with the goal, repaying Jurgen Klopp's faith to field him for the first time in such a high-stakes occasion.

Not only was he the match-winner, he also put in a solid and composed display as part of the Reds' backline. Viewers would have been particularly impressed with the way in which he marshalled the line verbally, like the towering leader he is.

It also helps when the rest of your defensive counterparts put in a good shift respectively and they would have been disappointed not to cap the Dutchman's debut with a clean sheet.