Virgil van Dijk lauds 'outstanding' teammate and makes 'normal' claim about Florian Wirtz

Virgil van Dijk

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk says his team needs to kick on again after it beat West Ham United to secure a first Premier League victory in a month.

The traveling fans in the away end made their feelings clear on Arne Slot, chanting his name loudly throughout the contest,

Liverpool won with goals from Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo, and the Reds skipper is keen to build on an improved performance.

Van Dijk

"Very important,"

"I don’t think that’s any issue at a club like Liverpool, in my opinion, from what I’ve experienced.

“A big credit to all of them, and keep supporting us, that’s the only thing I can say about it. It’s obviously down to us on the pitch to try and get the results that we want, so that’s what we try to do.

"I think there’s no point for us to look at any table; we didn’t do it last year and we shouldn’t do it now either.

“The only thing we should look at is trying to find consistency in the way we play, defend and attack. Yeah, today was a good win, and now we move on."

Isak scored his first Premier League goal for Liverpool while Joe Gomez put in a strong performance at right-back when making his first league start since this fixture last season.

Van Dijk

Yeah, I think [Gomez] did outstandingly,"

"Obviously it’s great to see him back and it’s great to see Flo [Wirtz] back as well. So, yeah, kick on, keep going. On to the next one."

Wirtz was a livewire, especially in the first half, and he created several chances for his teammates once again. The German is still finding his feet after a big-money transfer but Van Dijk was impressed.

Van Dijk Said

"I think he played very well against Frankfurt as well,"

"It’s actually normal; it takes a bit of time.

"I think today he showed his quality. With and without the ball, I’m pleased for him and pleased for all of us. It’s only one game so we have to keep going, getting results and keep going."

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