Milos Kerkez breaks Liverpool silence after Brentford criticism with defiant message
Liverpool suffered a 3-2 defeat to Brentford on Saturday, with the Reds now winless in their last four games in the Premier League - and Milos Kerkez has broke his silence online
Milos Kerkez delivered a defiant message after Liverpool's crushing 3-2 loss at Brentford. Thomas Frank's side heaped further misery on the Premier League champions, who are now without a victory in their last four top-flight outings.
Arne Slot is enduring his most challenging spell in management at Anfield after a brilliant inaugural campaign that restored the Reds to the pinnacle. However, they failed to build on their midweek triumph over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Saturday evening, as their woeful league form persisted.
Kerkez has struggled since arriving on Merseyside as he continues adapting to the Dutchman's tactics. He joined the club this summer in a £40million transfer from AFC Bournemouth, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Taking to social media, the Hungarian full-back delivered a rousing call to arms to his colleagues and fans amid mounting pressure and anxiety in L4. He wrote: "Believe, work and improve."
Liverpool trailed at the Gtech Community Stadium after just five minutes, when Dango Ouattara fired home following a long throw-in that troubled the visitors. Kevin Schade then left Ibrahima Konate to extend their advantage before the break, before Kerkez provided a glimmer of hope when he pulled one back in first-half injury time.
But on the hour mark, Liverpool's mission to end their recent dire form in the capital became that step out of reach, when Virgil van Dijk was punished for a foul on Ouattara. Igor Thiago slotted home his penalty, prompting a series of substitutions from the visiting dugout.
Mohamed Salah's thunderous volley ignited a late rally but it ultimately proved futile for Liverpool. Following their 5-1 triumph in Germany this week, Van Dijk revealed that discussions had taken place to analyse their recent setbacks, worsened by a home loss to rivals Manchester United.
However, the Liverpool captain admitted that he and his colleagues needed to take a hard look at themselves following their latest Premier League reverse. He said after the match: "Disappointed about losing here.
"We know what their strengths were and what they were going to try to do. We needed to be spot on with the quality they had. It was a disappointing night overall for us. Tough to take but it's the reality and we need to keep going.
"It's the reality that we lost today. We have the next game on Wednesday against an opponent [Crystal Palace] who already made our life difficult this season.
"We have to turn our mindset pretty quickly to be ready for that. They will come to Anfield to hurt us even more, but this is a tough one to take. We can't deny that. It's not an easy moment. We were trying to build on that performance against Frankfurt and this was not a nice evening to have.
He added: "The fact we didn't keep a clean sheet for nine games! It's easy to blame a particular person, the backline or set-pieces. But it's a collective thing in the end. Everyone has to look in the mirror, including myself. I am sure we will get out of this.
"But we won't do it just by talking about it. We will try to improve. We need each other, we ned the support. We need the people who were celebrating with us last year to be with us now even more. We will get out of this because we have the quality offensively and defensively."
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