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Virgil van Dijk denies Trent Alexander-Arnold exit is “the issue” for Liverpool

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Last year, we played a lot of games without him as well. Obviously we were all gutted that he left in the summer, but that is not the issue.” Of course, Liverpool’s inconsistency on the right of their defence is far from their only problem; the team as a whole hasn’t been functioning as desired for some time.



Van Dijk continued: “How we work, it happened all season last year, and everything was positive and everyone was happy, and now we have a little blip, if you want to call it like that, and now we need everyone more than ever to support us and be there for us. “How we work, it happened all season last year, and everything was positive and everyone was happy, and now we have a little blip, if you want to call it like that, and now we need everyone more than ever to support us and be there for us.

It’s not for everyone to just accept it and move on, but the only thing we can do is focus on the next opportunity we have and work on it.” Having lost three consecutive matches for the first time under Slot, the international break arguably comes at a good time for Liverpool. It’s an opportunity again to show what we have been showing last year throughout the whole season.