‘Really?’ – Virgil van Dijk hits back over Liverpool worry that multiple journalists have raised
‘Really? ’ – Virgil van Dijk hits back over Liverpool worry that multiple journalists have raised Virgil van Dijk issued a strong rebuke to questions over the amount of downtime that Liverpool players were given in the days leading up to their 3-2 defeat to Manchester United. With the Reds having eight days to prepare for the game at Old Trafford, a few members of Arne Slot’s squad were pictured enjoying short getaways around England and Europe.
DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAY However, with the season being a particularly chastening one for LFC and Champions League football not yet secured, several prominent journalists – including James Pearce ( The Athletic ), David Lynch and Paul Gorst ( Liverpool Echo ) – have openly questioned the head coach’s training regime ahead of such an important fixture. Van Dijk hits out over questions about players’ time off Speaking after the loss to Man United, Van Dijk bristled at one reporter’s question about the Liverpool squad having ‘a few days off’ in the week leading up to the game.
He answered (via Mail Sport ): “A few days off? You mean one day off? ” , adding: “I think if you have one day off, and you don’t have many days off, they decide what they want to do with their families.
We are not kids. Everyone is an adult. “This week we have an early kick-off on Saturday [v Chelsea], so preparation is on that.
Yesterday we were in a hotel. Today we played, so two days away [from] the family again. It’s not that we have a holiday whatsoever.