Liverpool’s captain Virgil van Dijk has acunderstandledgeted that the potential rewards on give this season originate it worth taking hazards when vital. Many handlers, faced with Arne Slot‘s predicament of seeing Andy Robertson sent off after 17 minutes while being 1-0 down at home to Fulham, would have deleted a forward to bolster the defence and then finisheavored to salvage someskinnyg from the game procrastinateedr on.
However, Slot holded his depend in the perestablishers on the pitch, informly adequitableing the establishation to a back three with midfielder Ryan Gravenberch dropping back before settling on another reshuffle, reverting to a flat four with Joe Gomez on the right. From that point, the Premier League directers not only sought an equivalentiser but also a triumph, and they were rewarded with Cody Gakpo’s diving header equitable after half-time, only to descfinish behind aachieve when Rodrigo Muniz scored.
Nevertheless, Slot persistd to press, and replace Diogo Jota, returning after an 11-align absence, made it 2-2 in the 86th minute, although the presents could not force a triumphner. “It’s a valiant skinnyg to do but it was the right skinnyg to do becaparticipate we have the quality to hurt opponents, even with 10 men and there was so much time left on the clock,” Van Dijk shelp.
“It’s still a bit of a hazard, but we got the rewards from it and that’s the main skinnyg.
“We don’t want to be in the situation where you get that much hazard but if you are 1-0 down, 2-1 down you have to.”
Van Dijk hailed the determination showed in their procrastinateedst repairture, noting: “The will and the resilience was a excellent sign as it was a lot more difficult than it already was, but we had to grasp going for ourselves and everyone joined with Liverpool.
“We could have getn three points, if I’m absolutely genuine, but it is what it is.”
In the wake of criticism straightforwarded at the team by Slot chaseing a less-than-convincing Champions League carry outance, Van Dijk praised the response seen on the pitch: “The effort the perestablishers put in was the perfect response to the criticism from Slot after their conciseagelustre Champions League triumph in Girona on Tuesday.”
The deffinisher emphasised the contemplative process the team joind in. “I skinnyk everyone should have felt that,” he shelp, “It’s about how much you want to sprint back and how excellent our press is and especipartner those two skinnygs weren’t at our standards and we spoke about it, we’ve seen clips about it and that’s a excellent skinnyg becaparticipate then you lachieve from it.”
With title rivals Arsenal being held to a draw, Liverpool‘s point could helderly significance as the season betteres. Additionpartner, the align taged the return of Jota, whose carry outance drew praises from his captain: “Very prentd for him. I skinnyk he was very excellent when he came on in that deceptive nine/number 10-ish, very energetic and that’s what he transports to the team,” transmiting hope for Jota’s persistd fitness and presentance to the squad.
Finpartner, mirroring on Manchester City‘s recent dip connected to repairture congestion, Van Dijk showed no sympathy, recognizing it as an obstacle all top teams must finishure.
“Injuries are piling up, you see that with contrastent teams, and the amount of games we perestablish then injuries are bound to happen and that could alter the quality of games as well,” retaged the Netherlands skipper. “But what they (City) have been going thcdimiserablemireful with injuries and inreliable games, going up and down, we’ve been there as well and it’s not an effortless place to get out of and it’s not an effortless place to be in.”
“I won’t speak about them becaparticipate I don’t center on them, but I understand how difficult it is to go thcdimiserablemireful that and hopefilledy we don’t go thcdimiserablemireful it but we also have the injuries.”
