{"id":169607,"date":"2024-04-08T17:38:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/08\/virgil-van-dijk-explains-who-is-to-blame-for-liverpools-draw-with-man-utd\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T17:38:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:38:06","slug":"virgil-van-dijk-explains-who-is-to-blame-for-liverpools-draw-with-man-utd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/08\/virgil-van-dijk-explains-who-is-to-blame-for-liverpools-draw-with-man-utd\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgil van Dijk explains who is to blame for Liverpool\u2019s draw with Man Utd \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Virgil van Dijk believes Liverpool only have themselves to blame after failing to see off Manchester United on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite dominating on the stats sheet, Liverpool failed to make their chances pay and were held to a 2-2 draw after Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo both netted stunning goals.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes\u2019 long-range strike came from a poor pass from Van Dijk\u2019s centre-back partner Jarell Quansah, but the Dutchman declined to blame Quansah and insisted the entire team must take responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should\u2019ve been 2-0 up at half-time,\u201d he told\u00a0<em>Sky Sports<\/em>. \u201cWe had them under control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a shame. It definitely feels like a loss at this point. We were wasteful with our chances and we gave them a lifeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately individual mistakes can happen in the game, but we still had so much time to put it right but we were in a rush. We were losing too many balls and too many challenges in midfield.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/01htys92zyz0bns5200a.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Virgil van Dijk\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Van Dijk wanted more from the team \/ James Baylis \u2013 AMA\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Asked whether he believed\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0had contributed to their own downfall against United once again, Van Dijk admitted: \u201c100%. It feels like the FA Cup game again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the first half was better because we created chances and we limited their chances. But we know that one moment can change the game if we don\u2019t finish [chances] off and that\u2019s the disappointing part.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should\u2019ve won today but the reality is that we didn\u2019t. Now we have to make it up in all the other games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool must now switch their attention to the Europa League quarter-final first leg against Atalanta on Thursday before they return to Premier League action with a visit from Crystal Palace on Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-333-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-847432\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgil van Dijk believes Liverpool only have themselves to blame after failing to see off Manchester United on Sunday. Despite dominating on the stats sheet, Liverpool failed to make their chances pay and were held to a 2-2 draw after Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo both netted stunning goals. Fernandes\u2019 long-range strike came from a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Virgil van Dijk explains who is to blame for Liverpool\u2019s draw with Man Utd \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/08\/virgil-van-dijk-explains-who-is-to-blame-for-liverpools-draw-with-man-utd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Virgil van Dijk explains who is to blame for Liverpool\u2019s draw with Man Utd \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Virgil van Dijk believes Liverpool only have themselves to blame after failing to see off Manchester United on Sunday. 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