Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has said that he took drastic action following the damaging 2-1 defeat against Manchester United. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, losing at home to the club’s biggest rivals was very difficult for him and his teammates, but they are all aware that they must remain united to get Liverpool back to winning ways.
Van Dijk added that accepting the current reality and working towards improving will deliver better results in the coming weeks.
His words, “On Monday, everyone was sad because we lost to United at home. We haven’t lost many games at home during my time at Liverpool.
It was tough under the circumstances so on Monday we came together, but it wasn’t a crisis meeting.
We all know how things can change. We’re only in October. Obviously, we also had a proper debrief with the manager but we also had a separate one as players. I wanted to say some things.
It’s not something I do after every game. Let’s keep it that way. The only way to get out of a situation like that is to stay together, keep your mind on the task ahead, try to improve, keep the confidence, embrace the moment.
They are all things that are easier to say than actually do. But if you want to get out of it, you have to do it. We live in a world now where there is always noise, always something to be said, always someone who knows better.
We have to stay focused on ourselves. Before my meeting, yes (the mood was low) but after my meeting, everyone was happy!”
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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