Virgil van Dijk has stated Liverpool must ‘look within the mirror’ after the membership’s damaging defeat 2-0 within the Merseyside Derby.
Liverpool misplaced a Merseyside Derby at Everton for the primary time in 14 years on Wednesday night, in a end result that leaves the Reds’ title hopes in critical jeopardy.
Jarrad Branthwaite opened the scoring for a spirited Everton within the first half because the defender capitalised on an error from Ibrahima Konate to squeeze in a near-post end.
Everton have been an actual risk all night with harmful deliveries into the field from set-pieces and acquired their reward for observe on the coaching floor, as Dominic Calvert-Lewin leapt to satisfy Dwight McNeil’s nook and head in a second on 58 minutes.
Liverpool seemed torpid and struggled to seek out avenues again into the sport towards a well-drilled Toffees staff, with Van Dijk admitting the membership’s title hopes are all however over after a second loss in three Premier League video games.
“Pay attention, very upset in so some ways. Everybody has to look within the mirror and take a look at their very own efficiency and assume in the event that they gave every part,” the Dutchman stated to Sky Sports activities.
“Do they actually need to win the league? For those who play like this general within the sport and never win any challenges and provides the referee a chance to offer a free-kick away then we have now no probability to win the title.
“It’s a powerful one and clearly we have now to do higher towards a facet close to the relegation it’s time to focus.
“Finally we weren’t adequate and all of us must do a lot better. We’ve to do a lot better in each sense it’s a powerful one to take.
“We’re in a scenario as we have now bene constant all season and gamers who’ve are available and contributed – we have now to do a lot better.
“These video games are at all times an enormous struggle and one thing that we shouldn’t have misplaced in my view.
“However. we did now we have now to choose ourselves up and be prepared for an early kick-off Saturday.”
On the title race, with Liverpool now three factors behind Arsenal, he added: “For those who play like at this time we have now no probability to contemplate ourselves within the title race.”
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