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<\/p>\nCaptain Virgil van Dijk delivered a withering assessment of Liverpool\u2019s current form as he told his teammates that \u201cwe\u2019re letting the manager and ourselves down\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Netherlands international admitted the Premier League champions are \u201cin a mess\u201d following Saturday\u2019s 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest at Anfield. Arne Slot\u2019s side have lost six of their last seven league matches to slip to 11th in the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should be angry and the main thing for me is that everyone has to take responsibility,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy during difficult times but we have to do it if we want to get out of this. We\u2019re definitely letting the manager down, but we\u2019ve let ourselves down as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the moment it is a mess \u2013 that\u2019s just a fact. As the champions we can\u2019t be in the situation we are in right now. What are we going to do about it? We\u2019re going to try to turn it around and that\u2019s the mentality everyone should have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Van Dijk believes \u201cpanic\u201d set in after Murillo opened the scoring for Forest against the run of play before the break. A poor start to the second half saw Nicola Savona make it 2-0 within 39 seconds of the restart, with Morgan Gibbs-White adding a third late on.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first half an hour was good,\u201d Van Dijk added. \u201cWe created opportunities. We had moments where two or three times there were crosses in front of (Matz) Sels for a tap-in. Macca (Alexis Mac Allister) had a shot which was well blocked. We were a threat.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut then we conceded from a set-piece and panic kicks in. As a team, you have to try to stay calm and do the right things. But we didn\u2019t do that and that\u2019s hard to accept. We were nervous in the way we played. We were trying to force things. The way we started the second half was just unacceptable.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to find the calmness to create chances and be clinical in front of goal. But we didn\u2019t do that and Forest were also physically winning so many battles against us.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re having a season with so much inconsistency. We are conceding far too many goals. We had a good couple of days in terms of the sessions preparing for this game. We had good meetings too. But at the end of the day it\u2019s about what you show on the pitch.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not a quitter. I will never quit. I will keep going but it doesn\u2019t mean it isn\u2019t tough to take.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n Liverpool sit 11th in the league after failing to score in their loss against Forest (Molly Darlington\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n