"Liverpool did not have the best of days against Man United recently. The team that they always want to beat the most caused them heartbreak late into the match, and that is an accountability that the Liverpool players must now live with. However, the good news (if you can call it that) is that this result should be what spurs Liverpool on to do better."
"In his own words, Virgil van Dijk said: "After the Man United game, we had a proper debrief with the manager, but we also had a separate one as players. I wanted to say some things. We had to stay calm and block out all the noise from the outside because that's something you can't control.""
Liverpool suffered a late, heart-breaking defeat to Manchester United that exposed accountability the players must now live with. The team had started the season poorly by their standards, and the derby humiliation created urgency for improvement. The players used the defeat as explicit motivation, conducting a proper debrief with the manager and a separate players' debrief led in part by Virgil van Dijk. Liverpool responded by winning 5-1 away to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League, with five different scorers and a goal from van Dijk. Van Dijk emphasized staying calm and blocking outside noise.
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