Virgil Van Dijk dismisses Liverpool ‘hangover’ talk

Showing far more defensive resolve than Liverpool’s back four had displayed in the game, it was left for van Dijk to answer the awkward questions about his team’s latest setback on Saturday

FRUSTRATION: Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk reacts on the final whistle during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Brighton and Hove Albion at Anfield in Liverpool. Pic: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP via Getty Images

Showing far more defensive resolve than Liverpool’s back four had displayed throughout the preceding 90 minutes, it was left for Virgil van Dijk to answer the awkward questions about his team’s latest setback on Saturday.

Liverpool showed plenty of attacking resolve as they stormed back from a two-goal deficit against rampant Brighton, only to concede a late equaliser as they allowed Leandro Trossard to become just the third opponent in Premier League history to score an Anfield hat-trick.