Captain Virgil van Dijk questioned Liverpool’s need after they have been thrashed 3-0 by Nottingham Forest at Anfield this afternoon.
The stress ramped up on boss Arne Slot along with his facet capitulating to their sixth defeat in seven Premier League video games because of targets from Murillo, Nicolo Savona and Morgan Gibbs-White.
Liverpool are now 11th in the table and Van Dijk admits it’s not ok.
Van Dijk aggravated by sloppy Liverpool
The Netherlands worldwide informed PLP: “We concede too many simple targets. They scored clearly from a set piece once more. You’ll be able to ask if he was in entrance of Alisson, however it counted, so we’re 1-0 down. We weren’t good when it comes to battles, challenges, the struggle, too rushed. It’s a really tough state of affairs for the time being.
“There was nervousness after we conceded, however not earlier than. We tried to hurry issues and that’s human once you’re in a tough second. We don’t get out of it by simply talking about it. It’s going to take loads of laborious work.”
Liverpool host PSV Eindhoven within the Champions League on Wednesday and Van Dijk is in search of a greater show.
He added: ”It’s an issue. Everybody within the staff has to take duty as nicely. Soccer is a staff sport and everybody has to take duty. We now have to digest this and take it on the chin. We have to work tougher. We now have to maintain going.
“Everyone seems to be disenchanted, like they need to be, as a result of dropping at residence to Nottingham Forest is, in my eyes, very unhealthy. That’s the least I can say about it. These targets we conceded are far too simple and all of us should look within the mirror. I’ve been at this membership so lengthy now and we’ve been by adversity. We are going to bounce again however it doesn’t occur in a single day. I’m not a quitter and we are going to maintain going.”
It’s on me says Slot
Slot instructed his facet misplaced their early self-belief after falling behind to Murillo’s aim.
“One other huge disappointment,” he admitted. “We began off fairly nicely for the primary half an hour. We conceded the 1-0, and we weren’t capable of play the way in which we did within the first half hour.
“We created and have been ready for us to attain a aim. The set piece modified the whole lot, they usually scored two.
“If issues go nicely or issues go unhealthy, it’s my duty. We weren’t capable of create sufficient. I attempted to regulate a number of issues, however it didn’t work out. We have been unable to attain a aim. You by no means know on this stadium, in case you rating a aim, then issues can work out.”
Savona’s strike inside a minute of the restart set Liverpool again additional and the house followers have been streaming in the direction of the exits lengthy earlier than Gibbs-White compounded their distress.
“After all, it was damaging,” Slot mentioned of Forest’s second aim. “It was already laborious to be 1-0 towards a staff blocking the whole lot.
“In a number of days, we now have to play within the Champions League once more after which play three Premier League video games in a brief house. Preserve your head up and work extremely laborious. We are attempting each single day.
“It’s at all times useful to have skilled and high quality gamers. It’s not understanding at this second.”
