Liverpool news: Virgil van Dijk adamant key change made as icon hits back at Gary Neville

Liverpool cruised past Tottenham successful midweek with Plymouth Argyle their adjacent duty arsenic Virgil van Dijk looks to instrumentality vantage of the stellar presumption they've enactment themselves in

Liverpool made airy enactment of Tottenham connected Thursday nighttime with each eyes present connected their FA Cup remit.

The Reds kept up their hopes of winning each trophy connected connection erstwhile they hammered the northbound Londoners 4-0, overcoming their first-leg deficit. Attention is present connected different cupful tie, this clip with Championship strugglers Plymouth Argyle.

Arne Slot has made an unthinkable interaction successful his archetypal play but is yet to execute thing of note, thing he's been keen to underline arsenic helium called connected the nine to onshore their archetypal portion of silverware successful adjacent month's Carabao Cup last - but there's plentifulness of games to negociate earlier that.

Here's the latest quality coming retired of Anfield.

Van Dijk adamant Reds person learned lessons

Virgil van Dijk has vowed that Liverpool volition larn from past season’s “disappointment” to marque definite they bash not miss retired connected trophies. Victory implicit Tottenham means they're successful the premix for a historical quadruple.

But van Dijk warned they were successful a akin concern astatine the aforesaid signifier past play erstwhile they won the Carabao Cup last for a grounds tenth clip - but failed to adhd to that. They fell distant successful the rubric contention and ended up down Arsenal and champions Manchester City whilst their FA Cup and European hopes ended - but their skipper is determined to person nary repeat.

He said: “Everyone has much acquisition from past twelvemonth truthful evidently the extremity of past play was a small disappointing truthful erstwhile there’s disappointment you person to crook it into acquisition for the adjacent season.

“If you don’t bash that, past you don’t progress. But what I’m seeing present is the players are doing the close things successful bid to flooded what happened past year.

Fowler reacts to Neville

Robbie Fowler has slammed Gary Neville for suggesting the Liverpool icon would person been a amended subordinate astatine Manchester United. Fowler is the Merseysiders' seventh-highest goalscorer and the ninth highest successful Premier League past - but Neville believes he's person gone adjacent higher had helium played astatine Old Trafford.

He precocious said connected the Overlap: "Can I marque a arguable statement? Might not adjacent beryllium controversial. Robbie Fowler could person been England's top ever goalscorer, if helium hadn't person grown up successful that Liverpool team."

But Fowler has deed back, insisting his comments bespeak unkindly connected his erstwhile team-mates. He said to talkSPORT: "I mean, that's disrespectful. In fact, we were astir apt adjacent to matching Manchester United, surely erstwhile I deliberation of possibly '96, that twelvemonth we were brilliant.

"I deliberation it's disrespectful to the players due to the fact that I played with large players arsenic well...you are similar a merchandise of your environment. I cognize Manchester United, their situation was possibly changing successful presumption of the players looking aft themselves a small spot better, but they inactive went out. We cognize that due to the fact that we utilized to bump into them."

Slot changes slumber patterns

Arne Slot believes 1 of the secrets of occurrence astatine Liverpool this play mightiness beryllium a bully night’s sleep.The Reds has opened up astir the changes made to pre-match habits - opting against pursuing Jurgen Klopp's plan.

Before location games nether the German the players would enactment astatine a edifice successful Liverpool, but Slot is present anxious for players to enactment astatine location successful their ain houses earlier games astatine Anfield to assistance their sleep.

He said: “I can’t comparison with however it is. People archer maine - and radical archer maine who cognize amended - that you ever slumber amended successful your ain furniture than a edifice bed. Sleep is simply a precise important portion of getting the champion imaginable performance. It is not lone the statement that they are astatine location with their families but besides that they are amended prepared for a game."

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