Virgil van Dijk “Not Happy” After Latest Liverpool Setback
Funnily enough, we aren’t happy, either. About basically anything to do with Liverpool this season.
Paris, France - April 8: Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool FC gestures looks dejected during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Quarter-Final First Leg match between Paris Saint-Germain FC and Liverpool FC at Parc des Princes on April 8, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Harry Langer/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images) | DeFodi Images via Getty Images We ran the simulations through a thousand times on the supercomputer. We asked the oracle you offload you executive functions to in an effort to atrophy your critical thinking skills.
We popped round the psychic whose shop we pass every morning and put it to them. Everyone agrees, of all the possible outcomes for Liverpool Football Club from the starting point of a year ago, this is the worst. Of all the possible universes we could have stepped into, minute by minute and hour by hour and day by day over the past 12 months, this is the worst.
A year of increasingly poor performances and poor results. A year of the press degrading and finishing gone cold. A year of watching a side become ever more fragile; ever more prone to falling apart at the slightest setback.
The vibes are bad, man. The vibes are very bad. “Tough work, which was expected,” said club captain Virgil van Dijk, who frankly looked to have had a miserable time on Wednesday crammed into a flat back five, an ultra-defensive shape the players haven’t trained for this season and that didn’t actually cut down his workload.