Van Dijk: We are pleased but not satisfied with our current position

Milestone man Virgil Van Dijk praised the resilience of his teammates after they had to dig deep to grind out a 1-0 win over a extremely committed Wolves outfit at Anfield on Sunday evening.

After playing some beautiful free flowing football against Leicester on Boxing Day, this contest was tight, tough and tense against the Midlands side who were on a high after a outstanding victory against Man City.

A Sadio Mane goal was all that separated the sides which was scored on the brink of half time and speaking after the game to the Official site, Van Dijk was delighted to claim the three points after a huge workload for both teams.

“It was [tough]. Wolves are a good team, made it very difficult for us and have good players.

"It's never easy for both sides to play in the circumstances – last week and this week a lot of games, travelling for both sides. 

"They made it tough for us and we're obviously very happy that we kept the three points. 

“We kept the ball for a while and were very patient, I think that's the most important thing. 

“It's not always easy because you want to score goals as quick as possible but you had to be very patient today because they were defending well and when they had the ball they did good things as well. It was tough."

Some replays after the game seem to show that the Dutchman handled the ball in the lead-up to the winning goal.

But when asked about the incident, he could not remember the specific details.

“I need to see it back I can't remember it.

 "I heard from you guys about handball. I thought it was complaints about the handball for Adam Lallana. 

“The game is over. What can we do? The goal stood."

The win was the perfect end to what has been a special 2019, with hopefully more exciting times to come in the new year.

However, Van Dijk is certainly not thinking too far ahead.

“ Obviously we can be positive about the situation we're in, but we can't be satisfied. 

“So far we're in the middle of the season, halfway through, so we want to achieve more and more. 

“The only thing we can do now is make sure we focus on the next game and it will be a tough one again.

Van Dijk was proud to achieve the three points in what was his 100th appearance for the club since arriving from Southampton in January 2018.

“From my debut until now, I've been playing a lot of games and I'm very proud that I've been playing so many games and stayed fit.
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“Most of the games I've been on a consistent level as well, so I'm very happy about that. 

“Obviously sometimes you could always be better but I'm not a robot, I'm not perfect.

"So, I'm just enjoying the ride and we'll see where it ends."