Van Dijk: “We made it pretty difficult for ourselves”

Virgil van Dijk admitted that his mistake almost cost Liverpool a valuable win against Fulham yesterday.

Ryan Babel got in between Van Dijk and Alisson and tucked the ball away late on as the centre-back attempted to head the ball back to his goalkeeper.

And Van Dijk, who has been a colossus at the back for the Reds this season, shared James Milner’s sentiment and took ownership of the error.

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“It’s one of those situations where you try to head it back. The ball was a little too short and it was a difficult ball to get, and Ryan was good to intercept the ball and score the goal,” the Dutchman told LiverpoolFC.com.

“It gave them some belief but obviously that happens sometimes in games. Mistakes are a part of football, you have to take it and I will as well.

“I think in the first half we could have maybe killed the game and scored a second goal and make it a little bit easier.

“In the second half they obviously had belief and they could play freely as they have nothing really to lose. I think we made it pretty difficult for ourselves with the goal we conceded obviously, but in the end we got the three points and that’s what matters.”

On where Liverpool currently find themselves in the Premier League and in Europe, he added: “It’s not bad, no. The media makes it sound even negative sometimes!

“It’s a fantastic position that we are in and we have to enjoy it but you know we want to go all the way. It’s going to be tough because Manchester City are fantastic and the Champions League is very tough like we know, so we’ll see. We will take it game by game.”

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