Virgil van Dijk says Liverpool will not be taking something with no consideration after sustaining their push for an unprecedented quadruple by beating Tottenham to make the EFL Cup closing.
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 easy 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 closing, with Newcastle United mendacity in wait following their 4-0 mixture 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, nonetheless, is for certain they won’t let up.
“We would have liked an entire efficiency. At half-time I believed we may go a stage up with extra depth,” the Reds captain instructed Sky Sports activities.
“However to win right here like we did tonight is nice for the crew and the membership. When you carry depth to the sport, anyone could make errors. It was an exquisite win in the present day.
“Nights like this, the place there’s loads at stake, we didn’t take it with no consideration. All of us wished to go there [Wembley] once more with the followers, and it was an excellent crew efficiency.
“We’re in February now, and we can not complain concerning the scenario we’re in, however we should always not take any of that with no consideration and never be straightforward on one another. I don’t see that taking place.”
Since making his Liverpool debut in January 2018, Van Dijk has scored 26 targets in all competitions – greater than every other Premier League defender.
Tottenham didn’t document a single shot on track for the primary time in any sport beneath Ange Postecoglou, who was most disenchanted with the way of the defeat.
“It’s truthful to say we didn’t get to the degrees we wanted to tonight. It was all the time going to be an enormous problem for us,” he stated in his post-match press convention.
“They’re clearly an excellent facet and in an excellent second with all their gamers in excellent kind, very settled.
“However for us to provide ourselves a chance, we needed to be much more aggressive with and with out the ball and we weren’t.
“We allowed them to regulate 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 an excellent alternative for us to get to a closing. We didn’t give ourselves an opportunity to take the chance, which might be extra disappointing.”
Requested if Spurs’ prolonged harm record made it tough to evaluate their outcomes, Postecoglou added: “I don’t fear about being judged or who’s judging.
“I believe in the end my duty is to attempt to get the gamers I’ve to carry out to the most effective of their talents and to sort out the issues we’ve obtained for the time being.”