Van Dijk: We are aware of the challenges in the coming months and there is still room for improvement in our performance

November 22: Liverpool will face Nottingham Forest at home. Captain Van Dijk released game notes on the club’s official website.

"One only needs to look at the schedule to understand the importance of the coming weeks and months. Between now and March, we will play a game almost every three or four days, which means that we must be extremely focused and give it our all, while resting and recovering and quickly jumping into the next battle. However, it also means that we have a great opportunity to show real consistency and make substantial progress both domestically and in Europe with a series of outstanding results and performances. This is absolutely our goal, and everything starts on Saturday."

"We know that Nottingham Forest are a scrappy team and they will do everything they can to cause us problems. They beat us at Anfield last season. And we know that with their quality and quality, we have to be all-in from the first minute. Concentrated. I would say we had mixed emotions ahead of the recent international break, admittedly we were disappointed with the way we lost at home to Manchester City, but before that we had wins over Aston Villa and Real Madrid - those were crucial, hard-fought and well-deserved games. The victory also gave us a lot of encouragement."

"In this club, we never shy away from the fact that we still know that there is still room for improvement in our performance, and the only way to achieve improvement is through hard training and teamwork. I have said it many times. "I believe in the quality and resilience of this team, but we have to prove it in the crucial moments, on the pitch."

"Anfield will always be a special place for us, against Aston Villa and Real Madrid. It showed what can be achieved when the players and the fans work together. The atmosphere in those two games was fantastic and I hope the same excitement is felt every time we play here."

"Just. Like I said, we are aware of the challenges we will face in the next few months, but now our focus must be on the next game. We fight for the victory, fight for the three points, and move forward step by step."