Van Dijk says bond between Liverpool and fans intact after Galatasaray rout

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“In all these years at Liverpool I’ve never ever questioned them and I still don’t.“There is a reason why there is frustration this season because we had an amazing season last year; we became champions, we had consistent, good football, finding ways to win, and this season we have had so many ups and downs dealing with difficult moments and there has been frustration because we want to perform every three or four days as well. I think occasionally we have been showing and playing good games but not consistently and it’s been frustrating for all of us and for the fans as well.“It’s a combination of performance and the fans; they play a big part in that.

It is about doing it together.“This season as players we take full responsibility for a lot of performances when we have not been good enough. When the time is there, when the game is in front of us, we all focus on that.”Slot hoped the Galatasaray performance would set a standard for the remainder of the season, albeit with the caveat that, with only two full days to prepare for Saturday’s early kick-off at Brighton, a repeat at the Amex Stadium would be difficult.

His captain echoed the call for consistency from Liverpool.Van Dijk said: “We shouldn’t take this team for granted and we are not going to do that. We have been having good performances this season and we haven’t been able to build on it the next time.