"I can say only positive things, but I feel like that comment is just I would say a bit of a lazy criticism. That's my personal opinion. It's easy to blame all the players but he knows obviously as well as everyone else we do it together, trying to help each and every one of us trying to get out of this."
"Like I said as well last year when things go well, you don't hear that at all. So it is what it is. [Pundits] have to do their job as well. So it is what it is, it's part and parcel and everyone has an opinion and we have to deal with it. There's no hard feelings by the way. I don't take it personal whatsoever."
Virgil van Dijk rejected criticism that suggested Liverpool have lacked leadership and that player body language was 'not right', calling the claim lazy and saying he does not take it personally. Van Dijk described the other figure as a legendary player deserving respect while insisting the team shares responsibility and works together to improve. He said pundits have a job and that everyone has opinions to deal with. Mohamed Salah and Ryan Gravenberch scored in a 2-0 win over Aston Villa that moved Liverpool up to third, seven points behind Arsenal.
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