Virgil van Dijk regrets remarks after Liverpool’s Carabao Cup win
Captain claimed he had proved doubters wrong‘I shouldn’t have said that. That was emotion’
Virgil van Dijk has said he regrets claiming he had proved the doubters wrong after the Carabao Cup final but admits he needed to step up this season as Liverpool’s captain.
The Netherlands international has been outstanding throughout Liverpool’s pursuit of a quadruple and delivered a matchwinning display in the Carabao Cup final against Chelsea. Interviewed in the immediate aftermath, an emotional Van Dijk said of his man-of-the-match performance: “They thought I was finished.” The comment was in response to criticism Van Dijk received last season, when the 32-year-old accepts consistency eluded him.
