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Van Dijk: Liverpool are not a bad team

Defender Virgil van Dijk insists Liverpool have not become a bad team because of their three Champions League away defeats.

The Holland defender believes the difficulty of their group facing Paris St Germain, to whom they lost 2-1 in France on Wednesday, Napoli and Red Star Belgrade has almost been forgotten in the clamour to highlight their European woes on the road.

Liverpool have lost three group matches for the first time, requiring them to beat Napoli 1-0 or by two clear goals in their final game to progress to the knockout stage.

“We don’t need to forget that we played Napoli, one of the best teams in Europe; PSG, one of the favourites to win the Champions League; and obviously the game in Belgrade was not good enough,” he said.

“We don’t need to (think) we are a s*** team, basically. It can happen. But the frustrating thing is how we conceded the goals and then it’s always difficult to come back.

“I don’t know if there’s any explanation for that right now because I can’t think of one, otherwise we should have used it already.

“But now we need to look forward and the only option for us to qualify is to win against Napoli, no matter what.”

Liverpool now require one monumental effort at Anfield to get past Serie A opponents Napoli next month.

Meanwhile UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against PSG for the setting off of fireworks.

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