Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk says Premier League title race not over yet

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk said the Premier League title race is not over yet after their 3-0 loss against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. This was the fifth Premier League loss for the defending champions. 

Arne Slot’s team had kicked off their Premier League defence on a high note, but they have managed a solitary win in the last five games. 

Meanwhile, Erling Haaland, Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku scored for Manchester City as Liverpool’s defense had no answers. This loss leaves the Reds in the eighth place in the Premier League standings.

“There’s no point looking at the table for us, that is it,” the defender said.

“I don’t think there is any point for us. If you lose as many games as we have lost, I don’t think we can look at the table at this point, but I have been in the game quite a long time [to know] that seasons aren’t decided in November or December.

“It’s when it comes to March or April time when it starts to become very interesting how it all shapes up up there. We want to be there but there’s a long way to go and a lot of hard work to be put in. So we have to stay humble and we have to keep working and that is the only aim and the only thing we should focus on.”

Reflecting on how Liverpool can bounce back from their latest defeat, the Dutchman added: “You don’t forget about results like this. If you forget about these things then you don’t get better. You cannot only think about the good things all the time. You have to think about what went wrong today and how we can improve it.

“You have to feel that responsibility, I definitely do. What could we have done better? And you take that into the next games. I don’t think there is any reason to get carried away, we faced some difficult opponents this week and we got two wins from three and we have to just keep going.

“It’s a difficult season so far for many reasons but I am confident we can turn this around. It doesn’t happen overnight, we have to keep working and we need everyone to be fit to keep helping us, so that is the key for all of us in the dressing room.”

Liverpool will next take on Nottingham Forest on 22nd November.