Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk up for vast PSG challenge but admits season ‘unacceptable’

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We have to show it. We have to show the desire, show the fight – that’s the least you have to do as a Liverpool player.”Van Dijk insisted Liverpool displayed the fight agaist Luis Enrique’s team that was lacking in last Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-final defeat by Manchester City.

It’s the big reality, and that’s why it’s so disappointing. It’s down to us as players to actually realise that we have to do it all together.

At the moment we lose too many games, and the performances have just not been good and we are struggling to find consistency. Despite losing three games in succession, beginning with the 2-1 defeat at Brighton, Van Dijk believes Liverpool’s recovery in the last 16 against Galatasaray and last season’s performance against PSG at Anfield offer hope for Tuesday’s second leg.The captain added: “Obviously, it’s a different quality team that we face with all due respect [to Galatasaray].