Virgil van Dijk to the rescue on Liverpool debut

New signing Virgil van Dijk was the hero for Liverpool as he scored a dramatic late winner on his Liverpool debut against city rivals Everton in the FA Cup.

It was Van Dijk's first goal in any competition since scoring in last season's FA Cup third round for Southampton. And with it, he has already repaid a bit of the £75m transfer fee Liverpool paid for him.

It was a cagy affair, and in the first half Everton showed as much promise as Liverpool, but there wasn’t many chances at either end of the pitch, but as in all Merseyside derbies, tempers were flaring.

Liverpool were starting to dominate, but as always when you’re only one up, a fragile lead is easily squandered. A counter from Everton saw Sigurdsson score a with great strike from the edge of the area.

And just as it seemed Liverpool had blown their chance up stepped new signing Virgil van Dijk. With only five minutes remaining, the £75m defender headed home to send the home crowd into a state of ecstacy.

It was the least Liverpool deserved, but how their fragile defence came oh so close to blowing another winning start.