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Virgil van Dijk believes the time has come for Liverpool to show exactly why they are the most feared team in the world.


Liverpool have lost three of their last five games - including to tonight's visitors Atletico
The Reds stand on the verge of adding the Premier League title to their World and European ­triumphs.

Yet a troubling run of three ­defeats in their last five games – and some indifferent form – has left their Champions League hopes in the balance.
One of those defeats was to Atletico Madrid, who have a 1-0 lead from the first leg of their last-16 tie.
And Van Dijk says Liverpool must show the class that has taken them to the pinnacle of world football.
He said: “We have to be grown men about it, take it on the chin and show the world why we deserve to be where we are.
“We have to show why we ­deserve to still be in the Champions League. But we know it is going to be unbelievably difficult.” Atletico will bring a fiendishly tough ­challenge to Anfield for the second leg tonight night.
They are renowned for their ­defensive excellence and grimly parking a whole fleet of buses.
Van Dijk accepts Liverpool were not good enough in the first leg in Spain three weeks ago, but believes the time has come for the real Liverpool to stand up and be counted.
“The pressure is ­always there,” said the Holland defender. “The thing is when you don’t get good results – we don’t get many but we have had three in the last five – and the outside world can talk like we are in a relegation battle.
“It is what it is. We have to deal with that. We were disappointed as we didn’t want to lose. I think we got dragged in a little bit.
“And obviously that is the quality from them. They created chances too. It could maybe have been 2-0 and we didn’t create much. But we know we have another 90-plus ­minutes to make that right. We will try everything.”
Van Dijk has also called on his team-mates to channel the spirit of their remarkable semi-final triumph over Barcelona last season, where they overcome a 3-0 first-leg deficit with a historic ­performance at Anfield.

Source:liverpoolfc.com
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