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Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk says Premier League title race still on

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk said the Premier League title race is still on as nothing is decided yet. The Reds are 13 points ahead of second-placed Arsenal in the Premier League standings but the Gunners have one more game in hand.

Liverpool registered a 2-0 win against Newcastle United on Wednesday at Anfield and have ticked the right boxes in the ongoing season.

Arne Slot’s team is unbeaten for 24 matches in the league and would want to carry the same show.

“I think it was a good performance; offensively, defensively,” Van Dijk said after the game. “What I enjoyed the most, and what I like to see, was the last 20 minutes and how we controlled the game in possession and let them run.

“I think we did that well. It is the most difficult thing to keep running behind the ball and trying to win the ball but if you have the ball then you can create the open space and more chances and I think we did that in a good way.”

After Arsenal played a goalless draw against Nottm Forest, and the Liverpool fans were heard chanting, “We’re Gonna Win The League.” However, the Dutchman is optimistic that he and his teammates won’t be distracted by the outside noise as they aim to keep themselves focused on the job at hand.

“They can sing whatever they want,” he said. “We have to deal with that. It was a good atmosphere today like always and we have to make sure that definitely the rest of the games here will be an amazing atmosphere and we have to keep going.

“We definitely enjoy the atmosphere. There is no ‘almost there.’ There are 10 more games to go for us and nothing is decided yet. Until it gets decided we don’t get carried away whatsoever.”

“I’m going to be the boring guy in that sense because I’m going to say ‘Onto the next, keep calm,'” he added.

“You have to enjoy winning games but not for too long as you play almost every three days. Now we have a little gap. That’s the only thing we have to do, prepare for the next.

Van Dijk added that they can not afford to be complacent at this crucial junction of the season.

“It was an intense 15 days with a lot of intense games and I think we came out of it pretty well and we have put ourselves in a very good position but it doesn’t mean that anything is done, I keep reminding players and also to the outside world that there is no time and space for complacency.

Liverpool will next take on PSG at Parc des Princes in the Champions League.

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