Virgil van Dijk: We're disappointed now but must move on quickly
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By Sam Williams
Virgil van Dijk vowed that Liverpool will move on quickly from the frustration of a 2-2 draw with Everton in the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.
A stoppage-time equaliser from James Tarkowski snatched a share of the spoils for the Blues on Wednesday night, after goals by Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah had overturned Beto’s early opener.
The Reds now sit seven points clear at the top of the Premier League having played the same number of games as second-placed Arsenal.
And Van Dijk stated that Arne Slot’s squad are determined to return to winning ways when Wolverhampton Wanderers visit Anfield on Sunday.
The captain told TNT Sports: “I think the feeling right now is obviously disappointment, that’s pretty obvious, and it will be for today and tonight. But from tomorrow we focus on Wolves and we try to get the three points then and so on and so on.
“We all know that we have a lot of games up until the international break so there is no point to dwell too much on this result. We wanted to win here, we could have won here, maybe we should have won here. But it is what it is – we take it and move on.”
The clash with Everton represented the first in a run of five top-flight fixtures in 15 days for Liverpool, with trips to Aston Villa and Manchester City, along with a home meeting with Newcastle United, following the weekend game against Wolves.
Van Dijk continued: “I think we have put ourselves in a very good position and that’s down to hard work, quality and consistency and I encourage everyone to just look at ourselves, try to win every game ahead of us and don’t look at what others do and what other teams are trying to do.
“Just focus on ourselves, try to be our best version and get three points on the table in each and every game ahead of us. I include the fans with that as well.
“It will be a very intense last part of the season but let’s go and enjoy it. We have put ourselves in a good position so let’s go out there and keep going.”
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