Virgil van Dijk's final message to Wayne Rooney on air sums Liverpool star up

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballVirgil van DijkVirgil van Dijk has continued his war of words with Wayne Rooney live on Amazon Prime after Liverpool beat Real Madrid in the Champions LeagueVirgil van Dijk has provided a direct and in-person response to Wayne Rooney's criticism of him and Liverpool. The two Premier League winners have been at a war of words in recent weeks after Rooney stated that he had not hit performance levels of recent years.Arne Slot's side had lost six of their last seven games prior to the weekend's 2-0 win over Aston Villa.

Liverpool followed that up with a dominant display against Real Madrid with Alexis Mac Allister getting the winner.After their triumph, Van Dijk spoke to Amazon Prime Video on a number of topics and with Rooney on the panel, it was no surprise their disagreement was brought up."It's easy to say now because we won twice in a row [it's going well]," he began. I think it's very important to put things into perspective, keep your head down, working and get out the situation, because our quality is not the issue we have."The Liverpool skipper, after Rooney explained his version of events, added: "I think if you watch games, you'd see I take responsibility.

But that is my personal opinion.""It will always be made bigger, but I think it's important that top players, those who have played at the top - who have also dealt with a lot of difficult moments - put things into perspective, as well."Asked if the criticism was fair, he said: "Of course [has it been fair], if you losing games as a Liverpool player for four or five in a row it's a fair criticism.""That's fairly normal in that sense, but i think it's over the top at times as well. But that's because we live in a world with so many platforms and so many people can say stuff."It will always be made bigger, but I think it's important that top players, those who have played at the top - who have also dealt with a lot of difficult moments - put things into perspective, as well."