Ouch, seems like I ruffled some feathers with my comment
Football has evolved tactically. Significantly. Teams from 10+ years ago weren't this good, let alone 20-30 years ago. In 10-15 years' time the best teams around will be also stronger than current City, for example. Not a hard concept to grasp. If you watch matches from the Premier League in the 1990s and 2000s and say that the overall level is anywhere near to today's standards, then you are blinded by nostalgia.
Peak level is probably from 2017 to 2020, but these last 1 or 2 years he's been solid as well. People act like Terry, Vidic, Rio, etc. never made any mistakes because social media wasn't around and casual football fans never overanalyzed everything either, like today. The goal today is also on Alisson, not van Dijk.