Virgil van Dijk: Liverpool won’t “shy away from the truth” about current form

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Virgil van Dijk thinks there was “encouragement” to take from two recent wins, but Liverpool won’t “shy away from the truth” about their current form. “Disappointment, for sure, at the manner in which we lost at Manchester City, but also encouragement at what came before that, with important, hard-fought and deserved victories over both Aston Villa and Real Madrid.

“We don’t shy away from the truth at this club. “I have said many times that I believe in the quality and the character of this squad, but we have to show it where it matters, which is out there on the field.” “A great opportunity to show some real consistency” With no international break until March, there is now a chance for Liverpool to get into a flow and gel together as a team.

The captain continued: “We know that we will be facing a team, in Nottingham Forest, that is coming with a lot of motivation, and that will try to make life as difficult as possible for us. “They won at Anfield last season, albeit under a different manager, and we know that we will need to be on it from the first minute, given the strength and the quality that they possess.” Saturday’s opponents sit 19th in the Premier League with nine points from their opening 11 games.