Virgil van Dijk is Liverpool captain
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk reflected on a “very bad” atmosphere after his side’s 3-0 loss at home to Nottingham Forest.
Liverpool slumped to their second consecutive defeat by a three-goal margin in as many weeks and left them in the bottom half of the table, after a dismal run of six losses in their last seven games Premier League games.
“It’s a very difficult situation at the moment,” said Van Dijk. “We concede too many easy goals. In the first half an hour we were really good, we created really good opportunities. Then they scored from a set-piece, again. You can ask yourself if he was in front of Alisson, but it counted.
“There was nervousness after we conceded. You sensed that we were trying to rush things, to get the equaliser as soon as possible. Overall we were just not good. In terms of the battles, challenges, second balls, we were just too rushed.
“We’re just in a very, very difficult moment, and we have to get out of this. I’d rather do it by talking in the dressing room than speaking to you guys.
“We have to take responsibility. Football is a team game. We have to digest this, take it on the chin and work harder. I’ve said that quite a lot this season, it’s not been working out, but we need to keep going.
“The atmosphere, in my eyes, is very bad. We need to look in the mirror.”
