Several Liverpool stars, including Virgil van Dijk, Diogo Yota and Ibrahim Konate, have made predictions about the upcoming Super Bowl LVIII. This year’s NFL Finals will see the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL Finals. Sunday, February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
The Chiefs are looking to defend their title, while the 49ers are vying for their first Super Bowl since 2020, when they lost 31-20 to Kansas City. Ahead of the match, 13 Liverpool players were asked to pick a winner between the two teams in a video posted on their official Instagram account. Of these, 10 were selected as leaders: Van Dijk, Jota, Konate, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Ryan Gravenbirch, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas.
Only Darwin Nunes, Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo tipped the 49ers to win the game. In the video, Van Dijk also explained the reasons for his choice.”I’m going with Patrick Mahomes, haha!”Alexander-Arnold also said he chose Kansas City for superstar founder Mahomes.”The MVP is the best because he won the game, Mr. Patrick Mahomes.”Mahomes had his worst regular season in 2023. Through 16 games, he has a career-low 27 touchdowns, 4,183 passing yards and 14 interceptions, his lowest in both categories since becoming the starter.