Liverpool fans demand signing of Virgil van Dijk after shaky defensive performance against Watford

Have the Premier League's top sides just decided to dispense with defending this season?

Arsenal's backline looked particularly wobbly at times during the Premier League's opening game of the season, as they beat Leicester in a 4-3 thriller.

However, The Gunners did at least manage to win the first match of 2017/18. In the second match of the campaign, Liverpool produce a defensive display perhaps even more shoddy, only coming away from Watford with a 3-3 draw.

On a day when his side scored three goals and Mo Salah got on the scoresheet on his debut, Jurgen Klopp should have been celebrating a good day for The Reds.

But Liverpool's defensive display was so wobbly, so unconvincing and so worrying, you won't find many Liverpool supporters feeling too confident about their side's supposed title challenge right now.

In fact, the uncertain nature of their backline means most Liverpool fans are now adamant that Liverpool just get on with the business of FINALLY signing Virgil van Dijk. Will he sign? Check out the odds and have a punt here with 888sport.

The Southampton defender has handed in a transfer request and has been linked with a move to Anfield all summer - and many people are now suggesting The Reds now HAVE to get the deal done:

Mind you, others are pointing out that the awful defensive display against Watford may make it MORE difficult to sign van Dijk: