Virgil van Dijk says Liverpool should not taking something with no consideration after sustaining their push for an unprecedented quadruple by beating Tottenham to make the EFL Cup ultimate.
Liverpool entered Thursday’s semi-final second leg needing to overturn a 1-0 deficit, however after Cody Gakpo opened the scoring within the first half, it was clean crusing.
Mohamed Salah powered house a penalty early within the second half, then Dominik Szoboszlai and Van Dijk scored to place the tie past all doubt.
Liverpool at the moment are right into a record-extending fifteenth EFL Cup ultimate, with Newcastle United mendacity in wait following their 4-0 combination conquer Arsenal within the different last-four tie.
Arne Slot’s Reds additionally lead the Premier League desk by six factors with a sport in hand and are among the many favourites to win the Champions League and the FA Cup.
Van Dijk, nevertheless, is definite they won’t let up.
“We wanted a whole efficiency. At half-time I assumed we might go a degree up with extra depth,” the Reds captain advised Sky Sports activities.
“However to win right here like we did tonight is nice for the crew and the membership. When you deliver depth to the sport, anyone could make errors. It was an exquisite win as we speak.
“Nights like this, the place there’s loads at stake, we didn’t take it with no consideration. All of us needed to go there [Wembley] once more with the followers, and it was a fantastic crew efficiency.
“We’re in February now, and we can’t complain concerning the scenario we’re in, however we must always not take any of that with no consideration and never be simple on one another. I don’t see that taking place.”
Since making his Liverpool debut in January 2018, Van Dijk has scored 26 objectives in all competitions – greater than some other Premier League defender.
Tottenham did not file a single shot on the right track for the primary time in any sport below Ange Postecoglou, who was most upset with the style of the defeat.
“It’s honest to say we didn’t get to the degrees we would have liked to tonight. It was at all times going to be a giant problem for us,” he mentioned in his post-match press convention.
“They’re clearly an excellent aspect and in a fantastic second with all their gamers in superb type, very settled.
“However for us to offer ourselves a possibility, we needed to be much more aggressive with and with out the ball and we weren’t.
“We allowed them to manage the sport and dictate the place it was performed. In the long run, they have been too good for us.
“It’s disappointing. It was a fantastic alternative for us to get to a ultimate. We didn’t give ourselves an opportunity to take the chance, which might be extra disappointing.”
Requested if Spurs’ prolonged harm record made it troublesome to guage their outcomes, Postecoglou added: “I don’t fear about being judged or who’s judging.
“I believe in the end my accountability is to attempt to get the gamers I’ve to carry out to the very best of their talents and to sort out the issues we’ve obtained for the time being.”
