Virgil van Dijk has warned Liverpool “there’s no time for errors” after they face Paris St Germain within the Champions League knockout levels on Wednesday.
Van Dijk is aware of the consolation blanket of the group stage has gone and as an alternative one mistake may value Liverpool their dream of conquering Europe. He’s effectively conscious of the huge menace posed by PSG within the Parc des Princes and the French champions are unbeaten domestically and 13 factors clear on the prime of Ligue 1.
Luis Enrique’s facet have received their final 10 video games and are unbeaten of their final 22 matches in all competitions. Van Dijk famous their 7-0 thumping of Brest of their final Champions League group sport and the Reds skipper mentioned: “I count on it to be an excellent sport over there towards an excellent staff, a staff in kind.
“They performed very effectively within the final Champions League sport towards Brest and it will likely be tough. However these are the video games you need to compete in and I’m actually trying ahead to it.
“Clearly you’re coming to the knock-out levels and there’s no time for errors, no time for dangerous video games. There are two video games to get via, however we need to be so good in each video games that we need to undergo.
“However it’s important to earn it, it’s important to combat for it, it’s important to do the whole lot in your energy to win the sport and that’s what we’re going to try to do.
“We’re positively conscious of how tough it will likely be in Paris after which again right here. However these are the nights that you simply need to carry out in and also you need to present that to the entire world.”
Van Dijk additionally defended Darwin Nunez after head coach Arne Slot criticised his work price. Nunez has simply six objectives and three assists from his 34 appearances this season and Van Dijk claimed he put in a shift in Liverpool’s final sport towards Newcastle.
“That’s the naked minimal that’s been requested from us from day one, however that’s the naked minimal anyway for enjoying for Liverpool,” mentioned the Netherlands centre-half. “That was all the way down to him, and it’s nonetheless all the way down to him, and he confirmed an amazing response in his work price.
“That must be the minimal, and he is aware of it, so it’s important to preserve going. Everybody has an enormous position to play, that’s the factor. We’re all on this collectively, we want everybody and he’s an enormous a part of our staff as effectively.
“When he comes on, he has to make a constructive affect. He, and the remainder of the boys who got here on towards Newcastle, made a huge impact. That’s what we want so we simply should preserve that going.”
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