Van Dijk Reveals He Called Liverpool Squad Meeting After Defeat By Manchester United

Virgil van Dijk has said he called a players’ gathering aft Liverpool’s defeat by Manchester United to assistance nan temper and punctual nan squad really quickly their fortunes could change. Liverpool ended a tally of 4 consecutive defeats pinch a 5-1 rout of Eintracht Frankfurt successful nan Champions League connected Wednesday, pinch Van Dijk 1 of 5 goalscorers. Arne Slot changed unit and statement to spark an betterment successful Germany.

His skipper believes nan clear-the-air talks contributed to nan recovery. “On Monday, everyone was sad because we mislaid to Man United astatine home,” Van Dijk said. “We haven’t mislaid galore games astatine location during my clip astatine Liverpool. It was reliable nether nan circumstances, truthful connected Monday we came together, but it wasn’t a situation meeting. We each cognize really things tin change. We’re only successful October.

“Nobody wants to suffer 4 games successful a row, but it was nan business we faced. We had to enactment calm and artifact retired each nan sound from nan extracurricular because that’s thing you can’t control. The only measurement to get retired of a business for illustration that is to enactment together, support your mind connected nan task ahead, effort to improve, support nan confidence, clasp nan moment.

“They are each things that are easier to opportunity than really do. But if you want to get retired of it, you person to do it. We unrecorded successful a world now wherever location is ever sound – ever thing to beryllium said, ever personification who knows is better. We person to enactment focused connected ourselves.”

Van Dijk said location was a noticeable betterment successful nan ambiance aft nan players’ meeting. “Before my gathering yes [the temper was downbeat] but aft my gathering everyone was happy.

“We had a due debrief pinch nan manager, but we besides had a abstracted 1 arsenic players. I wanted to opportunity immoderate things … It’s not thing I do aft each game. Let’s support it that way.”

Liverpool sojourn Brentford connected Sunday pinch Alexander Isak and Jeremie Frimpong expected to miss retired aft sustaining groin and hamstring injuries respectively successful Germany. Liverpool are awaiting confirmation connected nan grade of nan injuries.