Virgil van Dijk has admitted he was left questioning whether or not his Liverpool teammates really need to win the Premier League after they fell to a depressing defeat by the hands of Everton within the Merseyside derby.
Jurgen Klopp could should bid farewell to his Premier League title goals in his remaining season at Anfield as Liverpool slip additional away from league leaders Arsenal with simply 4 video games remaining.
Wednesday’s defeat at Goodison Park marked the Reds’ second loss in three video games, and solely their second-ever defeat to the Toffees beneath Klopp. Objectives from Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin sealed Klopp’s first-ever loss at Goodison Park.
Liverpool skipper Van Dijk was fast to voice his frustrations along with his teammates, questioning in the event that they even need to raise the trophy.
“Do they actually need to win the league?” a annoyed Van Dijk mentioned. “If you happen to play like this general within the recreation and never win any challenges and provides the referee a chance to present a free-kick away then we have now no likelihood to win the title.
“In video games likes these, the naked minimal is combat. We had been missing that at so many moments in video games. It is crunch time and we have not been adequate in the best way we completed the possibilities off, in the best way we defended collectively and in addition the combat. I feel we have now to point out rather more.
“However we have now to look within the mirror and each considered one of us has to assume like, ‘Pay attention, you’ll be able to’t settle for this. You possibly can’t settle for the best way we let our season finish’.
“It is a mixture of all the things. You possibly can’t put a finger on it. It is confidence, inexperience, challenges, perhaps afraid to make errors on this a part of the season. I do not know. Now we have to stay collectively. We won’t have teams blaming one another.”
Liverpool will hope for both Arsenal or reigning league champions Manchester Metropolis to slide up if they’re to regain confidence of their title race. The Reds have 4 video games remaining and nonetheless must face West Ham, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
