‘Everyone Wants to see You Fall When You Reach The Top’ – Virgil Van Dijk Blasts Critics
Netherlands and Liverpool Defender Virgil Van Dijk has predicted a tough Run during this campaign insisting everyone wants to see you fall once you’re at your summit.
For the first time in what seems like forever,the Premier league big Six Face a major challenge in the likes of Aston Villa, Everton, Leicester and Leeds looks to disrupt the normal order with amazing performances in their run, why the likes of Tottenham, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal Pose a bigger Threat.
Their Side[Liverpool] were thrashed in a 7-2 loss to Aston Villa and Van Dijk has accepted the fact that retaining the title will be a big Challenge, He said this during a podcast hosted by Eddie Hearn and he said I quote I think trying to stay at the top is the hardest thing to do,” he told Eddie Hearn’s ‘No Passion No Point’ podcast on BBC SOUNDS. “Everyone wants to see you fall when you reach the top.
“That is what life is about, especially these days. For me, I want to give everything I have got until I retire and then have no regrets after.
“I don’t want any regrets afterwards, I think that would be the worst feeling you can have.
He also said that he Misses the Fans and the morale their presence gives to the team.
He said” The fans play a big role in the teams performance the Liverpool Defender said, it lifts our performances at home but when you play away and the home fans turn against you – I like that.
“It gives you that motivation sometimes to do better. It’s something I definitely enjoy and that I miss.”