Mo’ Salah failed to convert a first-half penalty before substitute Ademola Lookman scored the winner in the second half as Leicester downed Liverpool.
Virgil van Dijk insists that Liverpool FC 'must improve' if they are to continue their charge for the Premier League title this season.
The Dutch defender returned to Jurgen Klopp’s side after testing negative for Covid but he wasn’t able to stop Leicester City from handing them a narrow defeat on Tuesday.
Liverpool had chances to seal a win or at least a draw against Brendan Rodgers’ Foxes at the King Power Stadium but the Reds were wasteful on the night, with Mohammed Salah missing a penalty in the first half and Sadio Mane hitting the ball over the bar when he had a clear cut chance to break the deadlock.
And this was before on-loan RB Leipzig winger Ademola Lookman came off the bench to score the winner in a matter of minutes.
The Merseyside club were unable to find an equaliser, let alone a winner, in the remaining half-hour as they registered their second defeat of the 2021-22 season.
They are now six points adrift of Premier League leaders Manchester City, who play Brighton on Wednesday evening.
However, Dutch centre-back Van Dijk admitted that Leicester were the better team, adding “we were poor in the last third.”
'I think they deserved the win but that was obviously also down to us,' he told Amazon Prime after the game.
'I think we were poor in the last third. A lot of crosses they defended well. Overall, not a good performance.
'They didn't create much but looked dangerous on the break which they are good at. Credit to them. 'We have to look at ourselves and improve, which we will do. It's part of football. 'We will keep trying until the very end. We created good chances but unfortunately, today wasn't the day it went in the back of the net. Penalty miss, which happens. But it's disappointing.
'Obviously, you don't want to concede at all. We let [Ademola Lookman] get into space and unfortunately, the goal went in,' he added. 'But we had moments we reacted and created chances to do better. You have to give them credit as well. 'What can we say? We're in December. The season is so, so long. Anything can happen. You have seen it with Covid and injuries - lots of things can change. 'There's no point looking at [Manchester City] or Chelsea or the other teams around us. We should look at our performance today and improve.
'We all wanted to do better. That's a fact. We weren't good enough and they deserved the win.'
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