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<\/div>Virgil van Dijk felt Liverpool shot themselves in the foot as their hopes of setting a record Premier League points haul were ended by a 2-1 loss at Arsenal.<\/p>\n
Liverpool, already crowned champions for the 2019-20 season, led through Sadio Mane at Emirates Stadium but the normally assured Van Dijk and Alisson both gave the ball away for the Gunners’ two first-half goals.<\/p>\n
Alexandre Lacazette and Reiss Nelson took advantage of the blunders to boost Arsenal’s top-six hopes as Mikel Arteta’s side bounced back from the derby loss to Tottenham at the weekend.<\/p>\n
The defeats means Jurgen Klopp’s Reds can now only finish with a maximum of 99 points – one shy of Manchester City’s landmark total from two seasons ago – and Van Dijk acknowledged Liverpool had nobody to blame but themselves.<\/p>\n
“The goals we give them, as a present,” the Netherlands international told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
“Until their first goal I think it was totally us, we dominated, put pressure on them and we gave them two goals.<\/p>\n
“Obviously then it’s difficult to come back. We created some opportunities, they tried to break at us on times but if you give the goals away like we did – including myself – then you get what you deserve.<\/p>\n
“If you look at the goals then they shouldn’t happen, but until then there was nothing wrong. We played very well, pressed them, scored a fantastic goal. <\/p>\n
“A moment of concentration, that happens in football sometimes as well, you have to deal with it and today, unfortunately, we had to deal with it twice.”<\/p>\n
This was Liverpool’s seventh game since the restart and they have dropped points in four of them.<\/p>\n
Two of their defeats have come after they were confirmed as champions, yet Van Dijk feels using that as an excuse is unfair.<\/p>\n
“It’s so easy to say that, it’s so easy to blame that,” he added.<\/p>\n
“If you watch the game, until I made a mistake, there was nothing wrong. We played well.<\/p>\n
“I had a feeling we could win here, comfortably, at one point. But if you give them the goals, you see what happens.<\/p>\n
“Unfortunately, I made the mistake. I take the blame for it, of course, I take it as a man and we move on.”<\/p>\n
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