Unacceptable season cannot be repeated - Van Dijk

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It's not Liverpool."Liverpool may still require four points from their remaining three games to confirm Champions League qualification.The 3-2 defeat against Michael Carrick's side at Old Trafford came after a three-game winning run in the Premier League, but it was the 11th loss of Liverpool's title defence.The last reigning champions to lose more league games were Leicester (18) in 2016-17."I think it's unacceptable that we have lost too many times as defending champions of the Premier League and we shouldn't accept it," said Van Dijk."There will be a lot of work that has to be done going into next season. I know that it has been a tough season, but I will always be there in good and lesser good days."But we have three games left and the realisation has to come from ourselves, as a group and as players, to make sure that we are in the Champions League because of the impact of it for the financial side for the club.

But I think if you have one day off, and you don't have many days off, they decide what they want to do with their families. Everyone is an adult."I wish we had a couple more days off at times because I think it works both ways.

It is finding the right balance."I can understand if people think we are not training and when results are not there it could be a reason for why we are not getting results."Liverpool sit fourth in the table and are 18 points behind leaders Arsenal."Like anyone else, personally I want this to be solved," Van Dijk said. We want to get the job done."At the minute, we are just disappointed.