Alan Shearer puts 'poor' Virgil van Dijk in his place after Wayne Rooney spat

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"I think it's very difficult as a player to come out and have a pop back when you've lost five games this season and in the manner you've lost them," he told Betfair. Virgil van Dijk has said Liverpool's title hopes are not dead at this stage of the season (Image: Getty Images) "I think the bigger picture is, if you're going to come back and have a pop at a pundit for saying that you've been poor, then you've got to back it up.

They were really, really poor, so I think the pundits are well within their reason to have a pop." Following Sunday's 3-0 defeat to Manchester City at the Etihad, Arne Slot's players are now eight points behind leaders Arsenal. They've got the FA Cup and the Champions League, but I do think the league's gone for them now they've lost five games.

I think they would have to probably win every single game between now and the end of the season. "I don't think that's possible.