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title: "Salzburg boss targeted Van Dijk during impressive half-time team talk"
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author: "Henry Jackson"
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published: "2019-10-04T19:30:23Z"
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# Salzburg boss targeted Van Dijk during impressive half-time team talk

Salzburg stunned Liverpool for a period on Wednesday night, threatening to produce one of the all-time great Champions League comebacks.

The Reds were cruising at 3-0, only for the visitors to draw level, prior to Mohamed Salah eventually earning Jurgen Klopp’s men a 4-3 win.

A fascinating video of Salzburg manager Jesse Marsch’s half-time team talk has been doing the rounds on social media, showing the American giving an inspirational speech to his players.

https://twitter.com/TheRedmenTV/status/1180040677977137152?s=20

Interestingly, he [targets](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-van-dijk-champions-league-17029969) Virgil van Dijk is some ways, telling the team to stop being in awe of the world-renowned Dutchman:

> Be more ruthless against Van Dijk, we play with too much respect. Too much respect.

> Are they strong? Yes. But it doesn’t mean that we should be nice to them and don’t tackle them or fight.

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Marsch’s team talk clearly did the trick, with two quickfire goals early in the second half making it 3-3 on the night.

Van Dijk ended up experiencing arguably his most difficult night in a Liverpool shirt, falling well short of his usual level.

Salzburg listened to their manager and got in the face of the centre-back, who looked ruffled for once.

The 28-year-old will no doubt recover, though, and will be looking for a big performance at home to Leicester City on Saturday afternoon.