Virgil van Dijk issues brutal Liverpool statement as Arne Slot 'let down' by players

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"You look at yourself first and then you help each other get out of this mess because at the moment it is a mess – that's just a fact."As the champions we can't be in the situation we are in right now but it's a fact. What are we going to do about it?

It's not easy during difficult times but we have to do it if we want to get out of this."What I want is for everyone to take responsibility on the pitch. We have to get back to that.

It's easy to maybe just think about your own situation rather than the collective side when things are not going well."Van Dijk added: "Thinking about last year, which I don't like to do that much, we had a new manager and no-one knew what to expect and the consistency we had was incredible."This season we don't have any consistency, we concede far too many goals, we are losing battles and everyone is responsible for it and I hope everyone sees that. We have to take responsibility to turn this around and it is easy to point fingers but you have to do it together."We have been through it together and won the league and everyone was part of it and happy and when you go through a tough time you have to stick together and not point fingers, you have to be a man and face the toughness and go again, again and again because if you want to give up then you are at the wrong place in my eyes because this club has been going through many adversities over those years and we've always come out of it."But it doesn't mean it is easy, it's tiring but there is no other way.