The Netherlands head coach Ronald Koeman decided to put Virgil van Dijk up front in the final fifteen minutes of the Netherlands’ 4-2 defeat to Croatia.

After Croatia went 3-2 up in extra time, he told the Liverpool centre-back to move forward — and fans have had the opportunity to watch him in an unlikely centre-forward duo alongside Wout Weghorst.

Van Dijk as a striker

Van Dijk pressing the goalie

Here are a few comments from football fans.

TM: “Netherlands have Weghorst and van Dijk as their strikers. We collectively need a break from football.”

Casa de banta: “This Van Dijk – Weghorst partnership. Koeman is cooking”

iZizou: “Never in my life I thought I would see Weghorst and Van Dijk playing upfront”

ChenarGhafur: “We play Van Dijk and Weghorst two strikers long ball same as old Burnley”

Audere est facere: “It’s 2023 and Ronald Koeman’s idea of tactical creativity is the deployment of Weghorst & Van Dijk as twin strikers”

Eoin Ó hArrachtáin: “Virgil van Dijk and Wout Weghorst. The strike partnership of dreams”

Empire of the Kop: “No wonder Liverpool don’t want to sign a Bobby replacement”