Virgil van Dijk is often compared to Nemanja Vidic but the former Manchester United defender beat the Liverpool player to the title of the Premier League's greatest ever centre back.
Van Dijk, who is very unfortunately likely to be missing for the rest of the season through injury, has been considered the best centre back in the world by many for the past couple of years.
His performances for Liverpool, helping them become European, world and Premier League champions, have led some to suggest he could even be the best ever in England's top tier since 1992.
But in a battle of great defenders on Sky Sports, the Dutchman lost out to Nemanja Vidic after beating some illustrious opposition to get to the final.
In the first round, Vincent Kompany celebrated his Manchester City testimonial by knocking out Jaap Stam, Van Dijk beat Tony Adams, Vidic had a close match-up with John Terry but snuck through and Rio Ferdinand beat Sol Campbell.
Ahead of his testimonial tonight, Vincent Kompany is the first winner in our search for the greatest ever Premier League defender.
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Quarter-final number two 👇
Time for the fourth quarter-final to find the greatest defender in Premier League history
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The first semi-final saw a battle of the Vs as Virgil beat Vincent. Despite the former City captain winning the Premier League four times he narrowly lost out on the current number one defender in the league.
In the second semi-final it was a case of former partners facing each other as Vidic beat Ferdinand to go through to the final.
Now we move onto the semi-finals in the battle for the Premier League's greatest ever centre-back! 🛡
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Vincent Kompany has named Virgil van Dijk as his pick for the award but now he faces him!
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Virgil van Dijk beats Vincent Kompany and is our first finalist! 👀
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And in the final it was Vidic who reigned supreme after five league titles and the Champions League with United and forming one of the best defensive partnerships in the league's history with Ferdinand.
Here we go, it's the final! 🏆
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We've had hundreds of thousands of votes and we're down to our final 2⃣...
Who wins the Premier League's greatest ever centre-back award? 🤔
At just 29-years-old Van Dijk does have plenty of time to add to his collection of medals and by the time his career ends fans may well hold him in higher regard than Vidic.
Right now the former Celtic defender will be focusing on his rehabilitation and hoping that he can come back from injury very strong.
Liverpool will certainly miss him at the back until he returns.
source https://www.sportbible.com/football/top-10s-legends-nemanja-vidic-was-voted-the-greatest-premier-league-centre-back-ever-20201021
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