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Virgil van Dijk has warned Manchester Metropolis “can flip it round at any second” and stated it’s too early within the season to low cost Pep Guardiola’s struggling aspect.
Metropolis have suffered a exceptional fall from grace over the previous few weeks and can arrive at Anfield on Sunday on a run of six video games with out a win, constituting 5 defeats and Tuesday night time’s 3-3 draw with Feyenoord through which they squandered a 3-0 lead.
Liverpool’s kind is in stark distinction to Metropolis’s with final night time’s 2-0 defeat of Actual Madrid that means Arne Slot’s males have gained 17 of their 19 video games this season.
They high the revamped Champions League and would transfer 11 factors away from Metropolis within the Premier League with one other victory on the weekend.
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Reds not getting carried away – Van Dijk
Liverpool are in a powerful place however Van Dijk was urging warning.
The Reds captain stated: “We’re going to be in December on Sunday and there are nonetheless 5 months to go.
“Clearly they aren’t in the most effective type of their lives, I believe accidents play an enormous half in that.
“We as a staff have been in a state of affairs like that with a great deal of accidents and it’s by no means straightforward to then discover consistency and the boldness.
“However I do know, like everybody else who understands soccer and has seen Man Metropolis over the previous couple of years, they’ll flip it round at any second.
“Hopefully not on Sunday however we now have to be at our greatest to get a outcome and that’s what we’re aiming for.
“We need to win the sport however we all know what they’re able to and before everything we now have to be prepared for that problem and no matter occurs after that we now have to maintain going and keep calm.
“For a motive they gained [the title] 4 instances in a row. We have now to be prepared for a really tough one on the weekend and we will probably be.”
Consistency the important thing
Van Dijk, who together with Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold, is out of contract on the finish of the season merely needs Liverpool to maintain their heads down and give attention to successful video games.
He added: “So long as we’re constant, getting factors on the board is all that issues. That’s what we’re specializing in.
“I need to make sure that we as a staff are successful video games, discovering methods to win the sport, working our socks off and staying calm.”
