The Belgian made a string of fine stops in the second half to keep the Reds at bay and earn his side a point. Van Dijk added: "We should have won, could have won but the reality is we take a point at a difficult ground, a difficult evening, in terms of the toughness of the game.

New Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes will look at both conventional and outside-the-box options to replace Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, and Trent Alexander-Arnold

Liverpool's title bid has stuttered in recent weeks and Jamie Carragher believes the Reds need to address a key issue in the summer transfer window to avoid a crisis