Virgil van Dijk smiled as he sat in the jubilant Wembley dressing room, a winner's medal around his neck and Dua Lipa's One Kiss screaming from the sound system.
"They thought I was finished," Liverpool's skipper joked.
It was a clear reference to the criticism he experienced last season when Jurgen Klopp's reign at Anfield veered dangerously off course. Van Dijk has made the most significant contribution to the club's remarkable recovery since.
How he has accepted more responsibility since taking over the captaincy when Jordan Henderson left last summer. How he has returned to top performance.
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