Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has explained why Chelsea deserved the 3-1 victory over Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Virgil van Dijk told Sky Sports: “I think possession was quite good, but when we didn’t have the ball the pressing wasn’t great and they could find between the lines.

“To concede that early is not great, but if we start to play the way we want to play then we can create chances. There was chances for us to score – in the end they deserve the win. That’s the disappointing thing as we came here to win.

“Obviously we tried, but it wasn’t great.

“The way we trained, the sharpness that we had, everyone was ready for it.

“We know it was going to be tough at times. We could have done better in the way we defended as a team, but we will analyse it tomorrow and prepare for the next game.”