ReactionVirgil van Dijk: It could have been more - but we'll take the point
Virgil van Dijk praised 10-man Liverpool's ability to keep going in their battling 2-2 draw with Fulham in the Premier League.
The Reds secured a late point at Anfield on Saturday afternoon having been reduced a player in the first half with the dismissal of Andy Robertson.
Arne Slot's side had fallen behind to an Andreas Pereira strike before the full-back's red card, and trailed at the half-time interval.
Cody Gakpo netted two minutes into the second period to level the contest, only for substitute Rodrigo Muniz to put the visitors back in front in minute 76.
Diogo Jota, though, stepped off the bench on his return to have the final say four minutes from time on a topsy-turvy afternoon to earn a draw.
"Obviously [it's] a good comeback – that’s very positive," Van Dijk reflected to Sky Sports post-match. "It's disappointing obviously to come [in] with 10 men but the fight we showed… we kept going.
"We kept trying and we kept trying to find the free man in order to create chances. It could've been more but eventually we take the point and move on."
On his team's approach to the game after going down to 10 men so early, he said: "We stay calm. Obviously it sounds easier than it is to do, but it was always going to be tough against them.
"They make it tough for a lot of teams and we've seen it last year when they came here and last week when they played Arsenal they made it tough as well.
"We had to play a very good game. Unfortunately you come [in] 1-0 down [and] a red card. We have to turn it around and keep fighting and keep trying to play your football, and that's what we tried in the second half. It could've led to more but unfortunately it didn’t."
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