Echo

Virgil van Dijk made 'disappointed' admission and blamed Liverpool team-mate for result

Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version from Echo or go back to LFC Live.


However, Van Dijk believed the Reds had allowed an extra two points to escape their grasp, alluding to Nunez's glaring miss during his post-match interview.Sky Sports discounted Premier League and EFL packageThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. We have a very tough one on the weekend again, then we play Newcastle, our focus now will be on Man City, a very difficult game, we know that.



We have done everything in our power to win games - and the focus will be that on Sunday."Liverpool manager Slot also expressed his disappointment with Nunez following the match, though his frustration focused on the striker's effort levels after his miss. The boss maintained he had no concerns with Nunez failing to score, but felt the forward had allowed the moment to impact his entire performance."It is not the chance but the 20 minutes afterwards that I will talk to Darwin about," Slot explained.

I will tell him that you can miss a chance but you cannot miss out on work rate."That is the life of a striker, he will miss chances and score some. And that is something we will talk about."He continued: "I can accept misses but what is harder for me to accept is his behaviour after the chance.