Liverpool latest: Virgil van Dijk delivers warning as two Reds players challenged

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Today's Liverpool news sees club captain Virgil van Dijk fire a warning to his team-mates as two stars are given a dressing downLiverpool have the opportunity to take a significant step towards next season's Champions League when they face Crystal Palace on Saturday. And then we have to tackle the season in the best way possible and not have a season like we have had this season again."You have to ask the question to the guys higher up.

I think you come to the decisive period now, so if it is slipping away you are playing against very difficult opponents and you can get knocked out – not that that is the Liverpool standard I'm used to or we should be used to, not at all."Reds stars slammedJamie Carragher has urged Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz to justify their substantial price tags next season. Some took a few months, you might get to Christmas, maybe second half of the season, so I think there's a lot to do for the players who has come in.

Hugo Ekitike has done well, not amazing but he's done well."Isak hasn't got going, he obviously got the injury but he didn't look great to start with, Wirtz has got to do a lot more, an awful lot more when you think of the price that Liverpool have paid for him."In terms of what Liverpool need to do next season, well obviously they need to replace Salah. You can't go on and buy five players into the team.