Van Dijk not taking quadruple hunt with no consideration after crushing Spurs win

Virgil van Dijk says Liverpool aren’t taking something with no consideration after sustaining their push for an unprecedented quadruple by beating Tottenham to make the EFL Cup last.

Liverpool entered Thursday’s semi-final second leg needing to overturn a 1-0 deficit, however after Cody Gakpo opened the scoring within the first half, it was clean crusing.

Mohamed Salah powered residence a penalty early within the second half, then Dominik Szoboszlai and Van Dijk scored to place the tie past all doubt.

Liverpool at the moment are right into a record-extending fifteenth EFL Cup last, with Newcastle United mendacity in wait following their 4-0 combination overcome Arsenal within the different last-four tie.

Arne Slot’s Reds additionally lead the Premier League desk by six factors with a sport in hand and are among the many favourites to win the Champions League and the FA Cup.

Van Dijk, nevertheless, is for certain they won’t let up.

“We would have liked a whole efficiency. At half-time I believed we might go a stage up with extra depth,” the Reds captain informed Sky Sports activities.

“However to win right here like we did tonight is nice for the staff and the membership. Should you deliver depth to the sport, anyone could make errors. It was an attractive win as we speak.

“Nights like this, the place there’s quite a bit at stake, we didn’t take it with no consideration. All of us needed to go there [Wembley] once more with the followers, and it was an incredible staff efficiency.

“We’re in February now, and we can not complain in regards to the state of affairs we’re in, however we must always not take any of that with no consideration and never be simple on one another. I don’t see that occuring.”

Since making his Liverpool debut in January 2018, Van Dijk has scored 26 objectives in all competitions – greater than some other Premier League defender.

Tottenham didn’t file a single shot heading in the right direction for the primary time in any sport underneath Ange Postecoglou, who was most disillusioned with the way of the defeat.

“It’s truthful to say we didn’t get to the degrees we would have liked to tonight. It was at all times going to be an enormous problem for us,” he mentioned in his post-match press convention.

“They’re clearly an excellent aspect and in an incredible second with all their gamers in superb kind, very settled.

“However for us to provide ourselves a chance, we needed to be much more aggressive with and with out the ball and we weren’t.

“We allowed them to manage the sport and dictate the place it was performed. Ultimately, they have been too good for us.

“It’s disappointing. It was an incredible alternative for us to get to a last. We didn’t give ourselves an opportunity to take the chance, which might be extra disappointing.”

Requested if Spurs’ prolonged damage record made it troublesome to evaluate their outcomes, Postecoglou added: “I don’t fear about being judged or who’s judging.

“I feel finally my duty is to attempt to get the gamers I’ve to carry out to the very best of their skills and to sort out the issues we now have acquired for the time being.”