insisted can nonetheless flip their season round to eighth within the with to .
The captain mentioned Liverpool can’t take a look at the desk now after of what he known as a tough marketing campaign and mentioned it’s “apparent” they’ve to enhance.
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Liverpool have misplaced 5 of their final six Premier League matches and Van Dijk feels to get again on observe.
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He mentioned: “It’s a tough season to date for a lot of causes however I’m assured we will flip this round. It doesn’t occur in a single day, we have now to maintain working and we’d like everybody to be match to maintain serving to us, so that’s the key for all of us within the dressing room.
“There’s no level trying on the desk for us. For those who lose as many video games as we have now misplaced, I don’t suppose we will take a look at the desk at this level however I’ve been within the recreation fairly a very long time [to know] that seasons aren’t determined in November or December.
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“It’s relating to March, April, when it begins to turn out to be very fascinating the way it all shapes up up there. We wish to be there however there’s a protracted technique to go and loads of onerous work to be put in. So we have now to remain humble and we have now to maintain working.
“It’s nonetheless solely November, there’s so many video games to be performed however it is rather apparent that there’s work to be executed and we have now to work on enhancing and that’s the solely factor we will give attention to.”
Liverpool had arrived on the Etihad Stadium after securing back-to-back within the Premier League and and Van Dijk mentioned that made defeat to Metropolis a nonetheless extra bitter capsule to swallow.
He added: “That’s the reason it feels possibly a bit extra disappointing at this level since you work so onerous on these two video games as an entire, as a staff to get the clear sheet and the targets that we scored.”
Virgil van Dijk was sad to have a objective controversially disallowed through the Man Metropolis loss (Getty Pictures)
Van Dijk disagreed with what had appeared a objective for him, when he headed in Mohamed Salah’s nook for what seemed an equaliser. Andy Robertson was offside, however with out touching the ball, and Van Dijk felt it introduced a shift in momentum within the match.
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“I don’t know who was on the VAR, Michael Oliver?” he mentioned. “I believe subsequently, the officers on the stadium and the couple behind the display should make the suitable selections for the sport. It was determined the objective wouldn’t stand as a result of Andy Robertson was, for any purpose, hindering [goalkeeper Gianluigi] Donnarumma however I believe the objective ought to have stood, that’s all I’ll say.
“Video games are determined by small margins and I believe it was that. Metropolis deserved it ultimately, so that isn’t an issue however momentum is essential in a recreation and that would have shifted to our aspect a few instances, however sadly it didn’t.
“I’ve already mentioned an excessive amount of as a result of the factor is, the choice has been made, we misplaced 3-0 and we don’t make excuses in that sense. We misplaced 3-0, we have now to take it on the chin and transfer on. How powerful it’s is clearly a success however we have now to maintain going.”