Virgil van Dijk's title reaction: 'Soak it all in

Amid the stirring celebratory scenes that followed the final whistle against Spurs, he attended a press conference to discuss his own emotions.

Read every word Van Dijk told reporters below…

On the emotions he feels to have won the league…

It has been an amazing Premier League season for us, very consistent, well-deserved winners. The reaction we showed after going 1-0 down today was outstanding. Obviously it was a very emotional game. The time goes very slow towards the end, by the way! But I’m glad we got the job done and now we – and I speak about obviously everyone who is Liverpool-connected – can enjoy and celebrate because that’s what you should do as well.

On if there’s an extra joy this time because the 2019-20 title was won without fans in attendance…

Yeah, I think so. In my opinion, the hardest league in the world. If you have an opportunity to win it, [on] what was a glorious day in terms of the atmosphere, the weather, a good opponent – it was incredible to be part of. The manager touched on it already on the pitch, that we have got two titles in five years, so that’s a big achievement in my opinion.

On whether he could have predicted this when Jürgen Klopp announced his departure as manager in January 2024…

Well, around that time we were still challenging as well for the title. I had a lot of confidence in my team; we came short last year, that was pretty obvious. We were not good enough towards the end, we couldn’t find the consistency that we had been doing before that. But listen, to replace Jürgen is a big job and I think the manager did it in his own way together with his staff. He definitely deserves a lot of credit for that. I don’t think anyone – as has been said by so many from the outside world – would have thought we were going to be Premier League champions. But that’s football as well. We have to perform as players and that’s what we try to do. Try to be consistent, try to win games, find ways to win games – and that’s what we have done.

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