Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk has said that he knows only a few people are giving Liverpool a chance of turning around their Champions League quarterfinal with Paris Saint-Germain. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
Vowing to give everything against the European champions at Anfield, VVD urged his teammates and Liverpool fans not to give up hope ahead of a possible comeback against all odds.
He added that anything is possible after Liverpool‘s extraordinary Anfield comeback against Barcelona seven years ago.
His words, “Back then, you play one of the best teams in Europe, with obviously one of the best players ever in that team and we had injuries like you said, and now we play against the best team in Europe.
They’re obviously the European champion, so I think it is similar in terms of, on paper, probably no one gives us a chance.
So, it starts with the belief, it starts with the belief that comes within yourself.
Starts with the belief that we get from our manager, the right game plan, and the intensity that we have to put in from the first second to the last if you really want to achieve something.
That’s what I want. And that’s what I’m going to tell my boys. We have to show it. We have show the desire, show the fight — that’s the least you have to do as a Liverpool player.
At the end of the day, you need everything clicking together to turn this around because we play against a team that is just outstanding in every department.
But it also comes back to yourself, and to the belief, and the pride: we are Liverpool.
That’s why this particular moment hurts so much personally, and it should hurt as well for each and everyone there in the dressing room.”
WOW.
Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has played its home games at Anfield since its formation.
Domestically, the club has won 19 league titles, eight FA Cups, a record nine League Cups and 16 FA Community Shields. In international competitions, the club has won six European Cups, three UEFA Cups, four UEFA Super Cups—all English records—and one FIFA Club World Cup.
The club established itself as a major force in domestic and European football in the 1970s and 1980s, when Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish, led the club to a combined 11 League titles and four European Cups. Liverpool won two further European Cups in 2005 and 2019 under the management of Rafael Benítez and Jürgen Klopp, respectively; the latter led Liverpool to a 19th league title in 2020, the club’s first during the Premier League era.
Anfield was built in 1884 on land adjacent to Stanley Park. Situated 2 miles (3 km) from Liverpool city centre, it was originally used by Everton before the club moved to Goodison Park after a dispute over rent with Anfield owner John Houlding. Left with an empty ground, Houlding founded Liverpool in 1892 and the club has played at Anfield ever since. The capacity of the stadium at the time was 20,000, although only 100 spectators attended Liverpool’s first match at Anfield.
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