Virgil on Madrid Challenge: “These Are the Nights You Live For”

Liverpool haven’t been in the very best type of late however following a convincing victory over Aston Villa over the weekend to kick off the month of November, the Reds will probably be hoping that they’ve put a dire October behind them and might get again to profitable methods.

Doing so received’t be simple, although. Not when their subsequent opponents are La Liga leaders Actual Madrid, who arrive at Anfield the agency kind favourites. That type of problem, although, may be galvanizing. It may be motivating. Actual Madrid, beneath the lights on a weekday night at Anfield.

“We’re all actually wanting ahead to the problem,” mentioned Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk forward of the match. “These are the nights you reside for as a participant. We all know what to anticipate. This time final 12 months, we produced one in every of our greatest performances of the entire season to beat them 2-0.

“We have been glorious that evening, producing an actual workforce show. That I bear in mind was additionally among the finest atmospheres of the season, and we are going to want extra of the identical this night. We want noise, we’d like ardour, and we’d like help from the primary whistle to the final.”

Regardless of these current struggles, Liverpool acquired that towards Villa, with Anfield in good voice from the off—and the gamers repayed that with a robust efficiency as they fed off the followers and the followers fed off them. That would be the expectation once more right here, and it appears a protected guess they’ll get it.

“I believed the help towards Aston Villa was excellent,” Van Dijk added. “It has clearly been a troublesome interval, and that inevitably results in noise and criticism from the surface, however on Saturday you guys have been with us from the phrase go and that positively helped push us.”