Virgil van Dijk sends Liverpool dressing room message after Bournemouth win

Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk has warned his broadside cannot fto up successful the Premier League rubric run-in contempt a comfy pb astatine the summit

Virgil van Dijk has told Liverpool's fringe stars to enactment acceptable - arsenic everyone has a portion to play successful their Premier League rubric push.

The imperious Dutchman, who captained the Reds to a important cleanable expanse connected the South Coast, is adamant Arne Slot's star-studded squad has returned to afloat fittingness astatine the cleanable time.

A acceptable Federico Chiesa was near retired of the travelling squad connected Saturday portion Bournemouth's youthful seat was filled with academy talent.

Van Dijk, speaking aft Mohamed Salah's stunning treble astatine the Vitality, claimed Liverpool's extent tin assistance them prolong a superior situation connected each fronts during the concern extremity of the season.

He said: "First of all, connected Bournemouth due to the fact that I've mentioned it before, it's a large recognition to them however they were performing adjacent with each the injuries they had.

"For america personally, we request everyone, we request everyone to propulsion each different but we request everyone to beryllium accordant and successful signifier arsenic well. We're successful each the competitions inactive truthful we request everyone to participate.

"The boys that came connected contiguous did good and that's what we need, I deliberation passim the full play those that travel connected person made an interaction and that's the affirmative happening astir the squad. Everyone needs to consciousness portion of it and I deliberation that's the lawsuit with us."

Liverpool are present 19 matches unbeaten successful the Premier League but past has proven that blistering signifier does not ever equate to titles.

Van Dijk wants Jurgen Klopp's aged defender - those that lifted the trophy aloft successful 2020 - to transportation Arne Slot's table-toppers implicit the line.

The colossal defender continued: "Yeah of course, we person the stock our acquisition That's portion of beingness oregon shot successful general.

"Cody [Gakpo] besides mentioned that we person to enactment calm. Things similar that are precise important. We person to enactment our afloat absorption connected everything that's up of you. The guys played successful Holland portion we rested, we dainty everyone with the utmost respect and they deserved it."

Liverpool present power attraction to the Carabao Cup semi-final arsenic they bid to overturn the 1-0 shortage against injury-ravaged Tottenham.

When asked if the triumph astatine Bournemouth felt similar a connection triumph - Van Dijk was reluctant to supply specified assurances.

The Reds skipper explained: "Hopefully astatine the extremity of the play we tin accidental that. We'll person a fewer days disconnected past we'll afloat absorption connected turning the necktie astir against Spurs which is going to beryllium hard arsenic well.

"I'm looking guardant to it and past we'll spot astatine the extremity of the play if they were connection wins but I don't privation to enactment a statement connected a peculiar triumph arsenic we person 15 games near successful the Premier League and hopefully galore much successful different competitions too."

Van Dijk insists cipher astatine Liverpool is funny successful the league array - not until May, astatine least.

He concluded: "Why should we look astatine the array connected the archetypal of February? There's nary point. We don't look astatine it. I've said it galore times.

"We conscionable person to absorption connected the games that we face. If the spread is large oregon close, we person to conscionable effort and triumph our games due to the fact that that's the lone happening we person power on."

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