{"id":587465,"date":"2025-11-22T20:54:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/587465\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T20:54:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:54:18","slug":"not-good-in-the-fight-liverpool-got-nervous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/587465\/","title":{"rendered":"“Not Good in the Fight” & Liverpool Got Nervous"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virgil van Dijk<\/a> has conceded that Liverpool are not handling the pressure that comes with conceding first, but insisted that it \u201cis human when you\u2019re in a difficult moment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liverpool slumped to a new low in their 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest<\/a>, with a positive start to the match crumbling after conceding first for the ninth time in the last 11 matches.<\/p>\n

For the eighth time, they showed no powers of recovery as Arne Slot<\/a>, again, struggled to oversee his side wrestle back momentum, seeing the Reds slump into 11th in the league table.<\/p>\n

Van Dijk, as he is tasked to as captain, fronted the media after the latest defeat and admitted that there is a \u201cnervousness\u201d after Liverpool concede, with the players then feeling the need to \u201crush.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liverpool \u201cwere not good in the fight\u201d in Forest defeat<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe concede too many easy goals,\u201d Van Dijk told Premier League<\/a> Productions. \u201cWe were not good in terms of battles, challenges, the fight, too rushed. It\u2019s a very difficult situation at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was nervousness after we conceded, but not before. We tried to rush things and that\u2019s human when you\u2019re in a difficult moment. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe cleared the ones before and in the end, we\u2019re in a very difficult moment. We don\u2019t get out of it by just speaking about it. It will take a lot of hard work.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone in the team has to take responsibility as well,\u201d the captain stressed. \u201cFootball is a team sport and everyone has to take responsibility. <\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to digest this and take it on the chin. We need to work harder. We have to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the eighth time across the last 11 games, Liverpool have been in a losing position at halftime, failing to win any to see the pressure mount and the spotlight grow harsher on Slot. <\/p>\n

Virgil van Dijk says he is \u201cnot a quitter\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

Liverpool made it too easy for their opponents, even Morgan Gibbs-White expressed after the match that Forest \u201cfelt comfortable even though we didn\u2019t have the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

It points to a big issue for the Reds, but Van Dijk held back in his assessment of what it meant to lose to Forest at Anfield as he instead insisted he is \u201cnot a quitter.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is disappointed, like they should be, because losing at home to Nottingham Forest<\/a> is, in my eyes, very bad. That\u2019s the least I can say about it,\u201d Van Dijk said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThose goals we conceded are far too easy and we all have to look in the mirror. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been at this club so long now and we\u2019ve been through adversity. We will bounce back but it doesn\u2019t happen overnight. I\u2019m not a quitter, we will keep going.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t decide what the supporters are doing if they leave early. I know the fans have been through thick and thin with us. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey will be there with us when we come out of this because we will come out of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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