Virgil van Dijk admitted it might feel like “the world is sinking” after two excruciating losses in a row, to PSG and Newcastle, in the span of just a few days. However, the Liverpool captain insists the “biggest prize” this season is still waiting for the Reds – the Premier League title.They sit 12 points clear of Arsenal with nine games remaining.A pill hard to swallow – Salah bottles it in finals”We have to turn this around,” Van Dijk told reporters post-match at Wembley Stadium. “It’s how football works: in five days, you lose twice and the world is sinking. Two weeks before, everything was sunshine, and rainbows were everywhere.”The Champions League we couldn’t get it done, this we lost and the FA Cup we got knocked out. We have nine games to go and I don’t think there’s any motivation needed to try to get the job done.”You play for the biggest prize that you work so hard for from the start of the season. No one expected us to be challenging for the Premier League. It’s the most difficult prize to get. There’s a lot at stake. There are so many positive and good things to look forward to. We have to work our ass off for it.”Four-finger Big Dan did it hard way and should be inspiration for all of usThe Dutch international admits Liverpool got what they deserved at Wembley after producing such a poor performance.”It was difficult,” Van Dijk added. “Newcastle obviously were good at what they’re good at. It sounds pretty cliched, maybe, but the aggressiveness, the challenges, drawing fouls, getting set-pieces.”We gave them the encouragement, the feeling that this could be their night. We were just not good enough and that was very disappointing and hard to take.”I don’t think there’s any impact (from the defeat to PSG). We had a day off two days after that game to settle down a little bit,” concluded VVD.##NAJAVA_MECA_8788047##
