Virgil van Dijk has been on the receiving end of Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp s ire plenty of times .
The Reds defender made the admission when speaking to Gary Neville on The Overlap about Klopp s demeanour in the Anfield dressing room.
Van Dijk and Liverpool have had a difficult start to the season, which included a shock 1-0 loss at Nottingham Forest on Saturday to leave them eighth in the Premier League.
But Van Dijk has been one of Liverpool s top performers since joining from Southampton in January 2018, winning Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and EFL Cup honours under Klopp.
The Netherlands centre-back does not always avoid his manager s dressing downs, though.
Oh yeah plenty of times, Van Dijk replied when asked if he had been shouted at by Klopp.
Not in my face because I feel like screaming in someone s face could be a little disrespectful but when it s needed he will definitely do it, but he shouts a lot.
— Virgil van Dijk (@VirgilvDijk)
The thing is and what I like is that someone does that because someone really cares about you or the situation and wants to make sure it improves or get anyone else sharper.
So, I really enjoy that in a way and it helps me personally.
Van Dijk recalled Liverpool s poor performance in the season-opener against Fulham, a match that finished 2-2, and how he deliberately ignored Klopp knowing a telling off was coming.
I was trying to go more direct and he was shouting at me that we had to play a little bit more, Van Dijk added.
I know he was shouting from the side so I wasn t looking at him or trying to acknowledge him because I knew for a fact that he was going to go after me. It is what it is.
