If Virgil van Dijk was feeling the pressure after a chastening week for Liverpool, he wasn't showing it in the bowels of Selhurst Park on Saturday evening.
As ever, the Dutchman fronted up with statesmanlike stoicism on behalf of his team-mates after a goalless affair at Crystal Palace saw the Reds miss the chance to really turn up the heat on fourth-place Tottenham before they beat Chelsea at home on Sunday afternoon.
A 5-2 defeat to Real Madrid on Tuesday night in the first leg of their last-16 tie in the Champions League was the eighth time Jurgen Klopp's players had conceded three goals or more this term and was their heaviest home loss in their storied European Cup history.
