Virgil van Dijk tells Liverpool team-mates to copy PSGs dirty tricks after Champions League defeat
Virgil van Dijk admits Liverpool would be naive not to take a leaf out of PSGs books after the Champions League defeat.
French champions PSG secured a 2-1 victory over Liverpool on Wednesday night to boost their hopes of reaching the knockout stages.
For Jurgen Klopps side, they now know they must beat Napoli to give themselves a chance of joining Manchester City and Manchester United in the latter stages of the competition.
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PSG have been accused of adopting ugly tactics during the game, with Neymar particularly guilty of falling to the floor easily, according to Reds boss Klopp.
And while Van Dijk was becoming so frustrated at PSGs tactics, he admits Liverpool should adopt them when necessary.
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Obviously theyre world-class players but I dont think its needed in the game at times, the £75million defender said.
Sometimes they get hit and they will go down and sometimes I think its too easy and Im getting so frustrated. Its important to keep your head cool but….
Every time we made a foul they all came to the ref trying to get us a yellow card. We should do the same at times and I think in the second half we did it better. Its not the type of game that I like.
We still respect them and how they are as players because theyre world-class but its not really necessary at times. But they scored two goals, we lost and thats it.
Liverpool manager Klopp accused Neymar of playacting during the match before storming out of one of his post-match press conferences.
He told beIN Sports: We tried to change the game after half-time but you saw it… look, we lost, they scored two, we scored one.
But so many interruptions in a game like this. Everyone knows what they want to do, especially what Neymar wants to do.
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They get 50 free-kicks. We look like butchers but we are a completely normal football team.
They go down in every situation, its unbelievable. That was really hard to deal with and didnt help us obviously.
Pressed on whether Neymars antics during the game was a source of frustration, Klopp replied I said what I had to say, thats it before storming off.
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