Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has apologised to the membership’s supporters and mentioned his facet “gave up” as they have been dumped out of the FA Cup by Manchester City.
The Reds’ hopes of successful silverware this season now relaxation on Champions League glory following Saturday’s humbling 4-0 quarter-final defeat at Etihad Stadium.
Manchester City demolished Liverpool in an 18-minute interval which spanned the half-time break, scoring twice both facet of the interval following an evenly matched opening half an hour.
“I can only apologise to the fans for what we have shown, especially the second half,” mentioned Netherlands centre-back Van Dijk, 34.
“Obviously you come out with the right intentions from the dressing room [after half-time], to hopefully score for 2-1 as soon as possible to change the game.
“The reverse occurs and to come again from 3-0 is clearly very tough right here – but in addition you should not hand over and that is possibly, at a sure level, what occurred.
“We let our fans down, we let ourselves down, and the manager.
“The means we performed in the second half, particularly, should harm for everybody. It positively hurts me.”
