"It's easy to blame the other players but he knows we do it together, trying to help each and every one of us to try to get out of this. Last year when things go well you don't hear that at all. It is what it is. [Pundits] have to do that job. He has an opinion and we have to deal with it. There's no hard feelings. I don't take it personally."
"I've heard the reports as well about [Slot] being under pressure, but I don't think we play at a club that makes rash decisions. We all felt that we can work our way out of this. It's not a guarantee, but we can do it together. As long as we believe, stay humble and keep working, we can do it, and we all hav"
Liverpool won the Premier League last season but have slipped after a strong start to 2025–26, suffering a fourth consecutive league defeat at Brentford. Wayne Rooney suggested senior players had not led the team this season. Virgil van Dijk rejected that criticism as lazy, saying responsibility is shared, there are no hard feelings toward pundits, and he does not take it personally. Van Dijk said the club does not make rash decisions amid pressure reports surrounding manager Arne Slot and expressed confidence that the squad can work its way out of the slump by staying humble and continuing to work together.
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