Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk is proud to have win the Club World Cup for the first time in the Reds' history.

Van Dijk believes that the trophy deserves a special place in the club's history.

He said: “We are the first Liverpool team that have won it so we can be very proud of that and hopefully more to come.

“To be out there, to start a tournament you want to finish as the winner and that's what we did. We are very happy about that.

“Obviously it's something special. We got what we came here for. We gave everything that we had.

“We had Flamengo fans next to our hotel and they were partying the whole time as well. We had already a feeling. I know how big Flamengo is as a club.

"We knew Brazil was living for them to win this. So I enjoyed the atmosphere, I enjoyed the passion they had. They made it tough for us."