Virgil van Dijk issues damning verdict after Man City thrashing leaves Liverpool reeling

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And Van Dijk fully understood why the Liverpool fans deserted their team.He said: “The fans were there to support us and I can only apologise to the fans for what we have shown. We let ourselves down and the manager - but we let our fans down today.“Up until the penalty, maybe not, but the way we played, especially in the second half, must hurt for everyone.

Today our second half, the intensity we didn’t match, the challenges we didn’t win, it was tough. But Van Dijk knows the hammering by City is the worst sort of preparation.He said: “I am trying to think how we can turn it around but we have been going through this for almost 75 per cent of the season.

We do well but we can’t build on certain things and we fall back into games where we get beat on intensity or beat on how much you really want to go for it.“It is a difficult one to take and everyone has to look at themselves. I am speaking for myself but it is mentally tough at the moment to take this.”But Van Dijk, Slot and Liverpool have to regroup for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final in Paris.