Captain Virgil van Dijk questioned Liverpool’s want after they had been thrashed 3-0 by Nottingham Forest at Anfield this afternoon.
The strain ramped up on boss Arne Slot together with his facet capitulating to their sixth defeat in seven Premier League video games due to objectives from Murillo, Nicolo Savona and Morgan Gibbs-White.
Liverpool are now 11th in the table and Van Dijk admits it’s not adequate.
Van Dijk irritated by sloppy Liverpool
The Netherlands worldwide instructed PLP: “We concede too many straightforward objectives. They scored clearly from a set piece once more. You possibly can ask if he was in entrance of Alisson, but it surely counted, so we’re 1-0 down. We weren’t good when it comes to battles, challenges, the battle, too rushed. It’s a really troublesome scenario in the meanwhile.
“There was nervousness after we conceded, however not earlier than. We tried to hurry issues and that’s human once you’re in a troublesome second. We don’t get out of it by simply talking about it. It can take a number of exhausting work.”
Liverpool host PSV Eindhoven within the Champions League on Wednesday and Van Dijk is searching for a greater show.
He added: ”It’s an issue. Everybody within the staff has to take duty as properly. Soccer is a staff recreation and everybody has to take duty. We have now to digest this and take it on the chin. We have to work tougher. We have now to maintain going.
“Everyone seems to be disillusioned, like they need to be, as a result of dropping at residence to Nottingham Forest is, in my eyes, very dangerous. That’s the least I can say about it. These objectives we conceded are far too straightforward and all of us should look within the mirror. I’ve been at this membership so lengthy now and we’ve been by adversity. We are going to bounce again but it surely doesn’t occur in a single day. I’m not a quitter and we’ll hold going.”
It’s on me says Slot
Slot instructed his facet misplaced their early self-belief after falling behind to Murillo’s objective.
“One other massive disappointment,” he admitted. “We began off fairly properly for the primary half an hour. We conceded the 1-0, and we weren’t in a position to play the best way we did within the first half hour.
“We created and had been ready for us to attain a objective. The set piece modified all the pieces, they usually scored two.
“If issues go properly or issues go dangerous, it’s my duty. We weren’t in a position to create sufficient. I attempted to regulate a number of issues, but it surely didn’t work out. We had been unable to attain a objective. You by no means know on this stadium, for those who rating a objective, then issues can work out.”
Savona’s strike inside a minute of the restart set Liverpool again additional and the house followers had been streaming in the direction of the exits lengthy earlier than Gibbs-White compounded their distress.
“After all, it was damaging,” Slot mentioned of Forest’s second objective. “It was already exhausting to be 1-0 in opposition to a staff blocking all the pieces.
“In a number of days, we have now to play within the Champions League once more after which play three Premier League video games in a brief area. Preserve your head up and work extremely exhausting. We are attempting each single day.
“It’s at all times useful to have skilled and high quality gamers. It’s not understanding at this second.”
