Virgil van Dijk receives apology after he reacts to to Liverpool quadruple question

Virgil van Dijk scoffed at Troy Deeney’s suggestion that Liverpool are on course for an unprecedented quadruple following last night’s 4-0 demolition of Tottenham. Arne Slot’s relentless winning machine comfortably overturned a one-goal deficit at Anfield last night as Spurs were put to the sword in ruthless fashion. The Reds will now face Newcastle at Wembley next month in a game that will offer Jurgen Klopp’s successor a chance to claim his first piece of silverware.

More trophies could potentially following with Liverpool still involved in the FA Cup, through to the last 16 of the Champions League without the need for play-off and holding a commanding lead in the race for the Premier League title. With a formidable squad boasting a clean bill of health and Mohamed Salah enjoying arguably his best ever season, Liverpool could be forgiven for feeling confident of a clean sweep.

Not that Van Dijk was having any of it last night after he played a key role ina victory over Spurs that only served to underline that gap that currently exists between his team and the chasing pack. Asked about Liverpool’s chances of clean sweep, Van Dijk instantly dismissed former Watford striker Deeney’s question which prompted the CBS pundit to apologise. ‘I’m sorry I have been forced to ask the questions,’ Deeney said.

“Oh, come on.” 😂 #soccer #football #virgilvandijk #vvd #vandijk #liverpool #liverpoolfc. He then asked: ‘With the quadruple on the horizon how do you manage everyone being level every single day?’. Van Dijk then paused before offering a more measured response to his initial ‘ah come on’. He said: ‘The expectation that we have is to try and win every game and not quadruple or thinking about what could be there in May time.

‘Every game that we play from now on is going to be difficult up until the end of the season. ‘Hopefully we’re going to be in every competition and that’ll be fantastic that’s what we work for. We just have to enjoy the whole ride altogether. ‘Not only us as a group of players as a group with the defence as well, look at us ourselves, don’t look at others, just worry about ourselves and look that’s the only thing we look at. I say that to the team and to the boys as well.’.

Slot, meanwhile, hailed a special moment after guiding Liverpool to Wembley but echoed Van Dijk’s sentiments by insisting his thoughts were already on the next game. Rather than basking in his latest success, the Dutchman is already thinking about another competition ahead of this weekend’s FA Cup trip to Sky Bet Championship side Plymouth. The Liverpool manager said: ‘It’s pleasant, although if you know me a little bit, my thoughts are more on Sunday already than thinking about the final in the month.

‘Our performance was something that pleased me. Reaching a final should always be special, even for this club, because this club is used to playing finals, but still we are working very hard every single day to try to improve players and the players want to improve themselves every single day. ‘But we’re also in this business to play finals, although we know how difficult the final is going to be because we faced Newcastle already and they were very impressive yesterday as well.