No panic but Liverpool have to improve, says Van Dijk

ISTANBUL :Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk called for improvement and an end to silly errors after his side went down 1-0 at Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tuesday and suffered the loss of goalkeeper Alisson to injury.

The defeat was Liverpool's second in a row after the Premier League leaders lost their 100 per cent record at Crystal Palace last Saturday.

"I hate losing. There shouldn't be panic, but there should be definitely improvement needed," the Dutch centre back said on Amazon Prime.

"I think it was a big step up in terms of the willingness, the hard work that we put in from the weekend, but that was not really too difficult because the weekend was just bad.

"We have to convert chances, don't give a penalty away today and don't make stupid mistakes at times. It's far too easy to say these things than to actually make it happen but it's a process and we have to keep going.

"Keep working, stick together and onto the next one. That's the only thing we can focus on."

Liverpool lost out to an early penalty, slotted home by Victor Osimhen, in a game played in an intimidating cauldron of a stadium after fireworks had been let off outside the team hotel overnight.

Manager Arne Slot said he was disappointed but the performance was still a lot better than last Saturday and it all came down to fine margins, with the team not so far off last season's level.

"We've lost now twice in a row, this is something with the schedule coming as well. Galatasaray away is not an easy game, the same like Palace, and now we play Chelsea away so difficult games," he explained.

"I saw a lot of things. First half, the way we played, the way we controlled the game, the amount of times we got our attackers in promising positions.

"In the