Van Dijk hits out at 'ridiculous takes' about Liverpool

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"What I have noticed over the last couple of weeks especially is that there is a lot of noise that you have no control over and that we have to deal with as a team," the defender said. "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. Mohamed Salah scored his 250th goal for the club, joining a very select group of Liverpool forwards "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.

We have to try to stay away from that and focus on the hard work we've been doing." Mohamed Salah's 250th goal for Liverpool put them on their way to three points after a howler from Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and Ryan Gravenberch's deflected effort sealed it after the break. He said on the club's official website: "It's a great feeling to score goals and win trophies for such a big club.