Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk on Real Madrid win and Manchester City

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Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk on Real Madrid win and Manchester City  Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid  27/11/2024  Anfield, Liverpool, UK

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00:00How do you feel, man?

00:06Every game is another new high,

00:08Real Madrid, Champions of Europe and then you've been to Delta,

00:11what have you made of that in this flight?

00:13Yeah, obviously a great win, clean sheet.

00:16I think there are so many things to be pleased with,

00:20and now it's time to recover and focus on the week.

00:24Champions of Europe beating, and then it's the Champions of England coming here,

00:27so it's a huge moment on Sunday to really put a real stamp on this title race,

00:33because you can't let it be once clear.

00:35Yeah, but we're gonna be in December on Sunday,

00:40and it's still five months to go or something,

00:42so obviously we want to win the game,

00:44but we know what they are capable of,

00:47so we have to be first and foremost ready for that challenge,

00:51and whatever happens after that, we have to keep going and stay calm.

00:55And you seem to be able to rise to every challenge that's put in front of you.

01:00Yes.

01:01What's the key to all that?

01:03Hard work, and stay humble and calm.

01:07And quality.

01:09But there's a belief and conviction about everything you do these days.

01:13I think that belief and conviction has been there for many years,

01:17it's all about consistency and staying calm.

01:22We are winning games, we want to keep improving,

01:25because we know we can still, even winning a big game like today.

01:29So, on to the next one.

01:31From a Man City perspective, I don't think anybody would expect their current number four,

01:38but you know what they have in their locker room.

01:42Yeah, for a reason they won four times in a row.

01:45We have to be ready for a very difficult one on the weekend, and we will be.

01:51Virgil, a quick word for Conor Bradley,

01:53up against one of the world's best players in Kieran McLaughlin,

01:55he had a fantastic performance tonight.

01:57Fantastic young player, I think since he came in,

02:02playing regularly, obviously having Trent in front of him,

02:06he's done so well, I'm pleased for him.

02:09Good boy, works hard, has so much potential and quality,

02:14I'm very happy for him, and today he showed his quality on and off the ball.

02:19So, he has to keep going, and he's at a good place to do that.

02:25What about your future, would you say here?

02:28What a direct question!

02:31They don't ask me that direct, but listen, at the moment there's nothing I can say.

02:35The only thing I can say is that I'm fully focused on Man City from now on.

02:39Real Madrid need a defence centre.

02:43Do they?

02:44They need.

02:45I don't know.

02:46Yeah, because of military injury, alibi injury...

02:49Rudiger is there, no?

02:51Rudiger?

02:53Maybe, you and Real Madrid.

02:55When?

02:56In the summer.

02:58In the summer?

02:59Well, like I said to you before, the main focus at the moment for me is Man City,

03:06Liverpool, fully focused on that,

03:09and I have nothing else to say regarding my future.

03:16Man City this season, do you see more vulnerability than in previous years

03:21when you've been up against them both throughout the season?

03:24Obviously they're not in the best form of their lives,

03:31I think injuries play a big part in that.

03:34We as a team have been in a situation like that, where we've had loads of injuries,

03:39and it's never easy to then find consistency and the confidence.

03:46But I know, like everyone else who understands football,

03:50and I've seen Man City over the last few years,

03:52that they can turn and run any moment.

03:55Kemara pain? Hopefully not on Sunday.

03:58But we have to be at our best to get a result, and that's what we're going to do.

04:04Could you ask the Argentinians if they have an opportunity to re-join Real Madrid?

04:08I'm not going to answer that question.

04:13No?

04:14Ben, you're up against Erling Haaland on Sunday,

04:17obviously you've come up against them badly tonight too,

04:19huge names at the game, but on Sunday how much do you relish

04:22the battles with them?

04:25Yeah, it's always good to be playing against the best, same as tonight.

04:29Not only Kylian, but obviously Jude was very good as well in Monty,

04:33very difficult to handle at times,

04:36but on the weekend it will be the same.

04:38It's nice to see a four-on-neutral,

04:43we're really looking forward to it,

04:46and we'll start focusing on it from tomorrow morning straight away,

04:50and try to see how we're going to attack them in the right way to get a result,

04:54because that's what we want to achieve.

04:56I know you said there is a long way to go,

04:59but you said City at some point will hit form...

05:02Hopefully not, but I think they will, yeah.

05:04But is that why, maybe, to open up as big a gap as possible?

05:08I think we should not look at anyone else but ourselves.

05:12As long as we are consistent, getting points on the board, that's all that matters.

05:17So that's what we're focusing on, I don't look at others,

05:22I want to make sure that we as a team, as a club, are winning games,

05:27finding ways to win the game, working our socks off and staying calm.

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