Keane blames Van Dijk for 'ALL THREE' Arsenal goals in their 3-1 win over Reds

Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher slammed Virgil van Dijk's defending, blaming him for all three goals as Arsenal beat Liverpool 3-1 at the Emirates on Sunday.

In an important clash in the race for the Premier League title, Arsenal regained the lead when a defensive miscommunication between van Dijk and Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson allowed an easy opportunity for Gabriel Martinelli.

Speaking after the game to Sky Sports, Keane was particularly unimpressed by the performance of van Dijk, so long a stalwart in the heart of the Liverpool backline.

Keane said: 'The intensity from the first whistle to the last from Liverpool, in possession and without, I can't believe how bad they were.

'Credit to Arsenal, they turned up, and were at it. Liverpool defensively, the goals they gave away, they were like a pub team defending.'

For the third goal, Leandro Trossard was given plenty of room to attack the Liverpool goal, which led Keane to say 'Trossard can't believe his luck here', adding 'he's almost reluctant to shoot'.

He believed that van Dijk should have dived or lunged in to try and ward off the danger, which eventually led to the goal that settled it for the hosts.

Then later on, Keane singled out van Dijk for all three Arsenal strikes. Keane said: 'I blame him for the three goals. He's entitled to have a bad game, of course, but to give away three goals in such a big game, you know it's going to hurt them at the end of the season.'

Former Liverpool legend Carragher concurred with his fellow Sky Sports pundit.

On analysing Arsenal's second goal, he said: 'I think it's a really big mistake that you probably make once a season, and it's just happened. Van Dijk's got to head that.'

Alisson also comes under fire, with Carragher believing