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title: "Liverpool: Piers Morgan responds again to Virgil van Dijk over defender’s Cristiano Ronaldo joke at Ballon d’Or ceremony"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-piers-morgan-responds-again-to-virgil-van-dijk-over-defenders-cristiano-ronaldo-joke-at-ballon-dor-ceremony/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Ben Goodwin"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2019-12-03T12:26:54Z"
modified: "2019-12-03T12:26:54Z"
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# Liverpool: Piers Morgan responds again to Virgil van Dijk over defender’s Cristiano Ronaldo joke at Ballon d’Or ceremony

**Piers Morgan has once again responded to Liverpool star Virgil van Dijk after the pair exchanged tweets on Monday night.**

After van Dijk joked that Cristiano Ronaldo was not really a rival for the Ballon d’Or in an interview with a Dutch television channel, Morgan bizarrely struck out at the Liverpool star on Twitter.

“No. Cristiano is a far greater player, you’re not in his league,” the journalist and television presenter [said](https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1201591299683561473).

Van Dijk responded shortly after finishing second behind Lionel Messi in Monday night’s ceremony, [saying](https://twitter.com/VirgilvDijk/status/1201629182180102144): “Hi Piers, if you don’t jump on the social media bandwagon and would listen to the whole interview then you would know I made a joke, and only got respect for those two (Ronaldo and Messi).”

Fans understandably loved their number four’s response – his tweet has since racked up almost 20,000 more likes than Morgan’s original jibe – and the Arsenal fan has now issued a somewhat gracious response.

> Good tackle, Virgil.. as I would expect. 👍 [https://t.co/4iogepi6ga](https://t.co/4iogepi6ga)
>
> — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) [December 3, 2019](https://x.com/piersmorgan/status/1201751844743196672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Clearly one to know when he is beat, Morgan admits it was a “good tackle” from van Dijk, although a quick look through the replies tells you fans feel he is just protecting himself for the chance of a future interview with the Liverpool colossus.

***Liverpool fans, what did you make of van Dijk’s bizarre back-and-forth with Morgan on Monday night?***