JAKARTA - Virgil van Dijk praised his teammate, Florian Wirtz, and supported him to continue to give his best for Liverpool after scoring his first goal for the club in a 2-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, December 27, 2025.
Wirtz has faced criticism for his lack of attacking contribution since moving to Anfield in a £100m transfer from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer.
However, he ended his goal drought last weekend to help Liverpool beat Wolves and climb to fourth in the Premier League table.
"I'm really happy for him. He played really well. Everyone was amazing in the first half. It's nice to see him and hopefully there will be more goals from him."
"He's starting to get used to playing for Liverpool and what we want to do as a team. He's starting to get used to the intensity."
"After about 70 minutes, I think he had cramps. That's part of the game. He just needs to keep going. It's an important goal for us and now towards the New Year."
"I think he runs almost everywhere. Sometimes on the left, sometimes in the middle. He's a very intelligent player and very comfortable with the ball. He finds space between the lines and can be very important."
"He wants to be important in terms of goals and assists. The hard work he does and the chances he creates I think are even more important."
"I'm really happy for him, like the whole team. You see the celebrations. Everyone is very happy for him," said Van Dijk.
Meanwhile, Liverpool are now unbeaten in seven matches in all competitions and have won four in a row.
However, Van Dijk admitted that the team still needs to improve their performance if they want to continue to rise in the English League standings.
"It's something we have to improve. It's about training and using our experience to be better at dealing with situations like today."
"We will analyze and discuss it. I know it sounds easy, but this is a difficult thing to do."
"This is a process and we have to keep trying to do it. If it was easy, we would have already solved it," the defender said of Liverpool's game management.
Liverpool will be in action again on Friday, January 2, 2026, early morning WIB, hosting Leeds United at Anfield. A victory is clearly a dead price to narrow the gap with the three teams above it.
Currently, the Reds are seven points behind Aston Villa who are in third place in the standings. Meanwhile, with the leader of the standings, Arsenal, Liverpool is 13 points behind.
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