Virgil van Dijk points finger after Liverpool fall to embarrassing Wolves defeat
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Daily Mirror IconSportFootballVirgil van DijkVirgil van Dijk didn't shirk his words when discussing Liverpool's performance in their defeat at Wolves with the Dutchman taking aim at himself and his team-matesVirgil van Dijk claimed Liverpool's shock loss at Wolves was "down to ourselves" as he labelled their misfiring attack as "slow" and "predictable".The Reds' Champions League hopes were dealt a blow as they were beaten at Molineux with the Premier League's bottom side scoring their winner in stoppage time. Since their blistering start to the season the Merseysiders have struggled for form and consistency in their performances.Van Dijk laid the blame firmly at their own doorstep as he bemoaned the manner of their display, admitting that they could have few complaints with the result.He said: "I think it's down to ourselves.
We didn't concede chances but if you perform like that then a result like this can be a result of that and that's a fact. They found it difficult to get going at Wolves with Van Dijk bemoaning their productivity in possession."The game nowadays we over-analyse why things are happening on the pitch," said the Dutchman.
"We as a team want to start a game as well as we can and in the last game we did, today we had majority possession but we were still making wrong decisions and we couldn't find the end product."Liverpool have now lost nine times already this season as the champions face the possibility of missing out on the Champions League despite their summer spend of more than £400million. Van Dijk, like Slot, has continued to reference issues in their game which have hampered them all year.After the shock loss the Reds boss claimed: "End result, we score one and they score two – and indeed another time in extra time, so it sums up our season again in this game as well."Liverpool's next assignment sees them return to Wolves, this time in the FA Cup, as they play at Molineux twice in the space of three days.Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.