Virgil van Dijk slams 'ridiculous' Liverpool claim after emphatic response

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We are not going out on the pitch to lose games or leave fans disappointed, we want to work our socks off and win games. We have to stay away from that and focus on the hard work we are doing."Last season, we did some negative stuff but everything was all sunshine and rainbows everywhere.

Now it sounds like we're going to be in a relegation battle - that's how it works in the world."Slot shared Van Dijk's view, insisting that Liverpool actually created fewer open-play chances against Villa compared to previous games which they lost. "Maybe we were a bit more on the lucky side than we've been in the last few weeks, where in my opinion we were also unlucky," Slot explained."So, the mistake of their goalkeeper and the deflection led to two of our goals.

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