ReactionVirgil van Dijk: We only focus on what's next
Virgil van Dijk is adamant Liverpool will not look beyond the next fixture in their pursuit of success this season.
A 6-3 victory away at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday saw the Reds establish a four-point lead at the top of the Premier League for Christmas.
Elsewhere, Arne Slot’s side are top of the Champions League standings with six wins from six in the league phase and have a Carabao Cup semi-final versus Spurs in the schedule for the New Year.
With the campaign not yet at its halfway point, however, the captain insists there is nothing to be gained from focusing on anything other than the game ahead.
“I think I’ve given answers already many times: we don’t think [about] what’s out there in May,” Van Dijk told reporters after the result in north London.
“We want to be up there in May but we have seen how difficult that is, other teams couldn’t do it apart from obviously [Manchester] City that did it.
“We focus about what’s next ahead of us, that’s the only thing. I’m not getting dragged into any conversations about potentially winning a trophy, or two or three or four.
“It’s all about being there [in] each and every game that’s ahead of us. At the moment, that was Spurs – a tough one but we made a very good game.
“And the next is Leicester [at Anfield on Boxing Day], that’s the only thing we have influence on.”
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