Amid the stirring celebratory scenes that adopted the ultimate whistle in opposition to Spurs, he attended a press convention to debate his personal feelings.
Learn each phrase Van Dijk advised reporters beneath…
On the feelings he feels to have gained the league…
It has been an incredible Premier League season for us, very constant, well-deserved winners. The response we confirmed after going 1-0 down at present was excellent. Clearly it was a really emotional recreation. The time goes very gradual in direction of the top, by the way in which! However I’m glad we acquired the job accomplished and now we – and I discuss clearly everybody who’s Liverpool-connected – can take pleasure in and have a good time as a result of that’s what you need to do as effectively.
On if there’s an additional pleasure this time as a result of the 2019-20 title was gained with out followers in attendance…
Yeah, I feel so. For my part, the toughest league on the earth. You probably have a possibility to win it, [on] what was an excellent day by way of the ambiance, the climate, a very good opponent – it was unbelievable to be a part of. The supervisor touched on it already on the pitch, that we have now acquired two titles in 5 years, in order that’s an enormous achievement in my view.
On whether or not he may have predicted this when Jürgen Klopp introduced his departure as supervisor in January 2024…
Nicely, round that point we had been nonetheless difficult as effectively for the title. I had lots of confidence in my crew; we got here quick final yr, that was fairly apparent. We weren’t adequate in direction of the top, we couldn’t discover the consistency that we had been doing earlier than that. However pay attention, to switch Jürgen is an enormous job and I feel the supervisor did it in his personal means collectively along with his employees. He positively deserves lots of credit score for that. I don’t assume anybody – as has been mentioned by so many from the surface world – would have thought we had been going to be Premier League champions. However that’s soccer as effectively. We’ve got to carry out as gamers and that’s what we attempt to do. Attempt to be constant, attempt to win video games, discover methods to win video games – and that’s what we have now accomplished.
