Virgil van Dijk has urged Liverpool fans to make Anfield a "horrible" place to go for rival teams as they look to secure the Premier League title. (More Football News)
The Reds moved 11 points clear of Arsenal at the to🔥p of the table after a 2-0 win over𓃲 Manchester City on Sunday; it is their largest lead over second place at the end of a day since the final day of the 2019-20 campaign (18), when they last won the title.
Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai got the goals as Liverpool claimed their first w🍒in at the Etihad Stadium since November 2015.
That victory, coupled with Arsenal's 1-0 defeat to West Ham on Saturday, means the Opta ꦓsupercomputer now gives Liverpool a 96.7% chance of winning the league, with the Gunners' likelihood being cut to 3.3%, even with their game in hand.
Liv🍒erpool also have th🐟e advantage of playing seven of their remaining 11 Premier League matches at home, and Van Dijk believes the crowd can play a huge part.
"I mentioned it after that [Wolves] game, that obvio꧃usly it's pretty normal to be [nervous] like that," he sai⛎d.
"It 💛is a human [reaction] that there could be some anxious feelings kicking in, and that could still be the case.
"But I think it only helps us and them [the supporters] as well to make Anfield horrible f﷽or the opponent. Most of the time, we have been doing 🙈that, and obviously, the way we play helps with that as well.
"How many home g🅰ames are left? Seven out of 11. So let's make sure those seven are going to be amazing, as loud as possible. I don't think we have to speak about it because, normally, that is the case.
"So let's go, enjoy, focus on Wednesday [against New🍬castle United] now, and then we'll see what happens after."
Van Di💟jk has played every minute of Liverpool's Premier League campaign ཧ(2,340) and is likely to continue that run against Newcastle United on Wednesday.
Since losing their first Premier League home game against Newcastle 2-0 in April 1994, Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 28 againstꩵ the Magpies at Anfield i🦄n the competition (W23 D5).
Despite their big lead in the title race, Van Dijk, who could be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season with his current deal due to expire i𓂃n June, is not taking anything for granted.
"[City] was a big win," Van Dijk added. "I told the guys, 'Don't take these wins for granted, but when you go home, recover and be ready for the preparation for Ne🎃wcastleꦓ'.
"That's the only thing we have to do. Tunnel vision. Nothing else matters really. An⛄d we need our fans to be in great sh𒉰ape on Wednesday as well."
