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The script couldn’t have been better written – a debut ­winning goal in the last five minutes in front of the Kop in a Merseyside derby.

It’s what dreams are made of and showed what other big clubs, such as Manchester City, have missed out on.

I thought, even without his goal, Virgil van Dijk looked composed, calm and collected – everything a £75million player should be.

Of course, there is pressure on him because of the price tag, but it’s not the player’s fault someone has gone out and spent big money.

Such players are only worth what clubs are ­willing to pay for them.

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If Liverpool weren’t going to pay £75m, then somebody else would have ­because he is a very, very good player. By all accounts, there were other clubs after him.

It appeared that Manchester City were very interested and you can see why, with all the injury problems surrounding Vincent Kompany.

As much as Kompany is such a fantastic player, if City want to be the team they are aiming to be under Pep Guardiola, then you can’t live with what is happening to him much of the time.

He misses far too many games.

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I believe that Van Dijk would certainly have helped City, so it’s Jurgen Klopp’s gain and ­Guardiola’s loss.

When you sign a player, you ­always want to make a statement.

The world-record fee for a defender in securing Van Dijk shows that ­Liverpool is still regarded as a big club.

With this signing, they have displayed huge ­intent that they want to progress and win things.

The counter-argument to that is then why allow a top player like Philippe Coutinho to leave, as was confirmed on Saturday night.

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But as much as he is a great player – and Liverpool have had many down the years – they do come and go.

No one is bigger than the club. The club will still be there the next day. The fans will still be there.

But also supporters are not ­stupid. They can see when a player doesn’t want to stay. It doesn’t stop them supporting the club when he does eventually leave.

It’s happened for years and years and will continue to happen. More often than not players have their way because football is more and more weighted towards them. But, to be fair to Liverpool, they resisted over Coutinho in the summer.

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If a player really wants to leave, eight times out of 10 he will.

Supporters want to see the best possible side and Coutinho falls into that category. I would have loved him to stay, but, if not, then you have to go out and sign the best possible ­replacement.

I see that Riyad Mahrez has had a mention – that’s the standard Liverpool should be considering.

They certainly went for it with Van Dijk.

Defensively, I don’t think ­Liverpool have been as bad as some critics have made out, but he is still a great addition.

Obviously, he has many qualities.

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With the size of him, you would expect him to be good in the air, but he appears decent on the ball and is very mobile.

But let’s sit back and allow him to play his football. There will be times when he makes ­mistakes. No price tag makes you immune.

If you cost £2m or £75m, you’re still human. And when you pay a lot of money, you want them to make fewer mistakes.

He is not in the side to score goals, but if he crops up every now and then with an important one, like on Friday night, Klopp will ­settle for that.

And against Everton, in all ­honesty, he probably dug himself out of a bit of a hole because he probably should have scored with another header earlier.

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In the end, it was a superb night for him – an emotional one which he will never forget.

It was a proper FA Cup tie, a great atmosphere, a full house and two strong line-ups.

You have to give Everton credit.

They had a go. At times, they looked good on the ball, better than I thought they would be.

Any praise, though, won’t lessen the pain of defeat for Evertonians.

The atmosphere at Anfield was what we want from the FA Cup.

Thankfully, the game matched the atmosphere.