Liverpool latest: Virgil van Dijk vents as Trent Alexander-Arnold reveals reaction to draw

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This achievement saw the Egyptian ace match Wayne Rooney's record for the most Premier League goal involvements for a single club.Ryan Gravenberch's second-half goal, which took a deflection, doubled Liverpool's lead and they went on to secure their first clean sheet since their 1-0 triumph over Burnley in September. The win sets the stage for a crucial week for Arne Slot's squad, who will host Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday before facing Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium five days later.READ MORE: Unai Emery takes responsibility for 'huge' Aston Villa mistakes in Liverpool lossREAD MORE: Trent Alexander-Arnold speaks out on Liverpool reunion and 'agent Jude' and makes goal celebration vowWe bring you the latest news from Anfield, including Virgil van Dijk's response to critics, Trent Alexander-Arnold discussing his return to Liverpool, and Slot being blamed for making a transfer window blunder.Van Dijk respondsThe Liverpool captain was back in top form during Saturday's win, and the victory gave the 34-year-old the opportunity to address some of the criticism that has been levelled at the champions this season.Despite the victory ending a dismal run of four consecutive league losses, he labelled the level of criticism his team has faced as "ridiculous".

But there's no guarantee."You play in the Premier League, the highest level, in the biggest league in the world, and it's difficult to stay calm but you have to do if you want to get back to where we want to be. Now it's time to keep working, never get too high, never get too low."We live in a world now, for footballers at least, because that's the only thing I can speak about, where everyone can have their opinion on so many platforms and everyone knows it better.

Although they (Liverpool) haven't had the results of late, they're still a top footballing team, and nobody here thinks it's going to be an easy game."Alexander-Arnold has consistently posed a danger from dead-ball situations and netted numerous free-kicks for Liverpool, but vowed that should he find the net against his former side, there would be no celebration. No," he insisted.Luis Diaz blunderLiverpool may have invested hundreds of millions in fresh attacking talent, but allowing Luis Diaz to depart in the summer has proved a more significant loss than first anticipated.Whilst the winger delivered his most productive Reds campaign last term with 17 goals in all competitions, both Diaz and Liverpool reached a mutual understanding regarding his exit following a £65million offer from Bayern Munich.The Colombian has taken the Bundesliga by storm with five goals and four assists in his opening nine appearances, and former Premier League midfielder Andy Reid questioned Arne Slot's judgement in sanctioning Diaz's move."Liverpool have spent a hell of a lot of money and if Arne Slot thought his squad should be bigger then maybe they should've paid less transfer fees and maybe brought in more," Reid told BBC Radio 5 Live."It's alright after the event saying they don't have a big enough squad, you have to cut your cloth accordingly, if you want to build a club that's capable of building on all fronts like a club, like Liverpool should."For me, one of the really big losses in this and, you see how well he's doing at Bayern Munich, is Luis Diaz.