Virgil van Dijk made it clear that he was unhappy with comments coming from outside the club in light of the club’s struggles for form this season.
The Dutchman made a clear reference to pundits’ comments, highlighting ‘ex-footballers’ who recently shared their views on Jurgen Klopp’s men this season, as reported by the Liverpool Echo (@LivEchoLFC) on Twitter.
Van Dijk: “Sometimes it’s funny because there are a lot of ex-footballers who know what we’re going through and say a lot of things to try and bring us down.” #LFC https://t.co/4XnueQPgSq
— Liverpool FC news (@LivEchoLFC) September 13, 2022
To be fair, after the horror spectacle of a performance that took place in Naples last week, it was an outing that was fair game as far as we were concerned, although this was a significant player upgrade as we secured our first Champions League. victory of 2022/23.
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It should be noted that there is still a lot of work to be done for Jurgen Klopp’s men ahead of their return to competitive action on October 1 (following the postponement of our meeting with Chelsea, which was due to take place on Sunday).
The midfield suffered a noticeable glitch following a switch to a 4-2-3-1 with Ajax closing in on a winner through a close header from former Manchester United player Daley Blind.
Still, on balance of play, we can consider ourselves deserving winners at Anfield with victory hopefully a platform for general improvement in the rest of the season.
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