“We all have plenty of experience, winning and losing. What kind of impact it should have is that we realise we need a couple of things that we have to improve as a team if we want to retain the title, which obviously will be a very big job in itself,” Van Dijk continued.

Virgil van Dijk has revealed the signing he wants Liverpool to make before the summer transfer window shuts. The Premier League champions have spent almost £300m on new signings so far this summer, bringing the likes of Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez to Anfield.

Liverpool are continuing to push to sign Alexander Isak but despite their Community Shield failure against Crystal Palace, Arne Slot was keen to say how happy he is with the shape of his attack, altho