The Reds beat Newcastle 2-0 on Wednesday (26.02.25) to extend their advantage at the top even further after closest rivals Arsenal were held to a 0-0 draw by Nottingham Forest but the captain has told his colleagues to guard against complacency despite the supporters believing the title is sealed.

Van Dijk said: "We have to deal with that. It was a good atmosphere today like always and we have to make sure that definitely the rest of the games here will be an amazing atmosphere and we have to keep going.

"We definitely enjoy the atmosphere. There is no 'almost there'. There are 10 more games to go for us and nothing is decided yet. Until it gets decided we don't get carried away whatsoever."

The Dutch international added: "I'm going to be the boring guy in that sense because I'm going to say, 'Onto the next, keep calm'.

"You have to enjoy winning games but not for too long as you play almost every three days. Now we have a little gap. That's the only thing we have to do, prepare for the next."

Van Dijk was particularly pleased that the team followed up their crucial victory against Manchester City last weekend with another solid performance.

He said: "The message today was we had to show what we are all about because after a very good win against Man City and then drop points or have a bad performance then the performance against City doesn't stand for anything.

"I think we showed a very good reaction, a great game offensively, defensively and a clean sheet again. I think we have also the most clean sheets in this season and that's all down to the hard work of the team and we have to keep that going and see what that brings."