VIRGIL VAN DIJK insisted Liverpool were not worried about potentially finishing the season without a trophy after their heavy defeat to Barcelona.
Jurgen Klopp’s men were left on the verge of a Champions League semi-final defeat after suffering a 3-0 loss in the first leg at Camp Nou on Wednesday.
Liverpool have enjoyed a great season, but they are also a point adrift of Manchester City in the Premier League with two games to go as their chances of winning a trophy in 2018-19 slip away.
But star defender Van Dijk said that was not yet a consideration at Liverpool, who make the trip to Newcastle United on Saturday.
“We’re not going to think about that,” he told DAZN after the loss to Barca.
“We’re having a good season and we will try to win something and, if not, we keep working.
“We can be proud of ourselves, we’re playing against one of the best teams in the world and obviously in the league we’re playing also against one of the best teams in the world.
“We’re in both races and I think many, many teams would love to be in our position.”
Lionel Messi’s brace after Luis Suarez’s opener guided Barca to a strong win as Liverpool squandered numerous chances.
However, Van Dijk is retaining belief of an incredible turnaround in the second leg at Anfield on Tuesday.
“Anything is possible in football. We definitely believe. That’s how we are,” he said.
“We will never give up and we showed today that we can definitely create big chances against them, the only thing is we have to try and score them.”
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Great to see a young talent like that coming through on the international scene, hopefully he goes from strength to strength and bring a few more along with him, they’re few and far between at the minute unfortunately
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Sit back and imagine being Declan Rice’s dad. Your two parents are Irish and you want to rear a kid who acknowledges how brilliant Ireland is. Produce this? Dream world stuff.
This boy is a legend. He’s third generation and he’s damn proud. In the days when we see Grealish itching for a. If money move, we ought to sit back and revel in this kid and his incredible potential. I always thought Grealish had the choice between being our hero and being tabloid fodder in England. Declan Rice knows which is better. All hail Rice.
According his boss these games are warm ups for his England call up