Title-chasing Reds require perfect finish, admits Van Dijk

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Virgil van Dijk says Liverpool must win their three remaining Premier League games to have a chance of claiming a first domestic title since 1990&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Leaders Liverpool achieved their longest winning streak since April 2014 with Sunday’s 2-0 success at Cardiff making it nine victories on the trot&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The result also saw Liverpool set a new club points record in the Premier League – taking them on to 88 and eclipsing the 86 Rafael Benitez’s side managed 10 years ago in finishing runners-up to Manchester United&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">3 points&excl; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;YNWA&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;YNWA<&sol;a> 🐣 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;lUAN1ZJZox">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;lUAN1ZJZox<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Virgil van Dijk &lpar;&commat;VirgilvDijk&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;VirgilvDijk&sol;status&sol;1120031327309520896&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">April 21&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Manchester City will take a one-point advantage by winning their game in hand on Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Asked if Liverpool needed to win all their remaining games&comma; Van Dijk replied&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;One hundred per cent&period; That’s the only thing we are going to focus on&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have three games left and we are going to try and win all of them&period; It’s going to be very hard&comma; but that’s what we’re looking to do&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We did our job &lpar;at Cardiff&rpar;&period; We had to stay patient&comma; but it was a very mature performance and it was good to get the three points&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our next challenge is going to be on Friday&comma; so we’ll see&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Liverpool start their closing fixtures with an Anfield visit from relegated Huddersfield&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jurgen Klopp’s side then head to Newcastle before hosting Wolves on the final day of the season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">A strong April&comma; so far&period; 🔴<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All focus on &commat;htafcdotcom&period; 👊 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;NBJX8OyIpp">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;NBJX8OyIpp<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Liverpool FC &lpar;&commat;LFC&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;LFC&sol;status&sol;1120190996233564160&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">April 22&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>City play Leicester at home and have away games at Brighton&comma; Burnley and Manchester United&comma; the derby at Old Trafford on Wednesday being their game in hand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Struggling United must seek to bounce back from a 4-0 thrashing at Everton on Sunday&comma; their sixth defeat in eight games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They need to do themselves a favour&comma;”<&sol;em> Van Dijk said when asked if United could help out Liverpool&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Everton is not easy to beat at home&comma; but 4-0 is a big result&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have no influence on that&comma; but they are still playing for Champions League football and they need to get a result&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cardiff remain in the final relegation spot and three points adrift of Brighton&comma; who have a game in hand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Brighton have failed to score in their last six games and have a tough run-in with fixtures against Arsenal&comma; Manchester City&comma; Newcastle and Tottenham&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I definitely think we can get out of it&comma;”<&sol;em> said Cardiff defender Lee Peltier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re putting in decent performances so hopefully we can pick up more points&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’ve got Crystal Palace and Fulham to look forward to and I think we can go there and get points&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The manager was pleased with the way we set up against one of the best teams in the world&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I thought we did all right against them as we limited them a lot&period; 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