After failing to beat Edouard Mendy from 12-yards in the FA Cup final on Saturday at Wembley, Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk has revealed his words of support to teammate Sadio Mane.
After a 120-minute goalless stalemate, the Premier League giants went to a penalty shootout to decide the winner. The Blues missed one of their five penalties, while the Reds converted all four of theirs, and the Senegal attacker stepped up to score the game-winning goal.
He could not beat his national team custodian; but the Jurgen Klopp-led charges managed to win 6-5 to still be crowned.
“It feels good. Intense, it had it all, I think. They created chances, we created great chances, and in the end, it’s a lottery, [it] can go either way,” Van Dijk told the club’s official website.
“Unfortunately, Sadio missed [a penalty], but he had a fantastic game. I said it to him as well, it shouldn’t take anything of that away. But to do it after so many games we’ve played this season and the performance we put in, I think it’s a good thing.”
Meanwhile, the Reds will make a trip to Southampton to play the hosts in the Premier League on Tuesday night. Van Dijk and Mohamed Salah did not finish the game on Saturday owing to injuries and manager Klopp has provided the latest ahead of the match.
“This process has not finished yet because we only played the 120 minutes two days ago,” Klopp said in a pre-match conference.
“So when the boys arrive today I have to make a lot of decisions. Then we will line up a team. What I can promise and definitely say is we will line up a team only for one reason: to try to win the game at Southampton. As difficult as it is. Because that obviously is the job to do.
“We have to see who is able to help. The 30 extra minutes [at Wembley] made a big difference, but we have to see.”
However, the German has announced that Roberto Firmino will miss Tuesday’s English Premier League match.
Liverpool are presently four points behind Manchester City, who will be crowned champions if they lose their game against Southampton.
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