Virgil van Dijk slams Liverpool’s ‘actuality examine’ defeat to Nottingham Forest
Virgil van Dijk has admitted Liverpool’s 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest got here as a “actuality examine”.
The Reds had loved an ideal begin to life below new supervisor Arne Slot however got here crashing right down to Earth after the worldwide break as Callum Hudson-Odoi inflicted the primary defeat of the Dutchman’s new period.
A completely unimpressed Van Dijk warned his teammates that such a lacklustre efficiency can’t be replicated going forwards.
“Initially, it was a really disappointing day,” Van Dijk mirrored. “The outcome, and likewise a lot of the efficiency was too rushed and we misplaced too many second balls.
“We all know how direct they’re, so taking part in towards a giant striker you possibly can generally lose a problem and you need to be prepared for the second ball and each time there was a second ball they have been on the best facet of it.
“They bought momentum by way of successful the best challenges and so they did the job very properly and by way of ourselves we weren’t ok. That is the disappointing level of it.
“It is tough for me to say [if the international break didn’t help]. Everyone seems to be getting back from completely different locations and taking part in a unique method however nonetheless I believe even as we speak once we weren’t at our greatest we created possibilities and it ought to have gone higher.
“However it’s a efficiency we’re undoubtedly not proud of, we count on quite a bit higher from ourselves and shedding at house is one thing that may’t occur. Now we have to show it round fairly rapidly and that would be the focus.
“We nonetheless tried however I believe we have been too rushed, we put the ball within the field a bit too fast or overplayed it after which you aren’t getting the momentum you need to get.
“General it was a disappointing afternoon, one thing we did not need to occur however now we have to show this round and make this a kind of actuality examine to be higher for the remainder of the season as a result of if you wish to obtain issues this season the distinction between the video games we performed is just too huge.”
Liverpool will now search to reply once they start their Champions League marketing campaign towards AC Milan on Tuesday.
“Clearly everyone seems to be upset, like all of us ought to be, however we additionally remind ourselves that Tuesday is one other huge sport,” Van Dijk careworn.
“If you wish to dwell on issues it’s only going to backfire on your self. All of us ought to be upset however in a few hours we are going to already be eager about restoration and being prepared for Tuesday. That is how we stay our lives and that’s what now we have to do however the disappointment remains to be there.”
