Liverpool need to accept Alisson and Virgil van Dijk reality before it's too late

Daily Mirror · Ian Doyle · 2026-11-06 07:00 UTC

Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk have been the backbone of Liverpool's success in recent years, but Andoni Iraola and Liverpool's hierarchy cannot afford to get complacent

It may be an oft-used quote, but that doesn't make it any less appropriate for the concern looming on the horizon for Andoni Iraola and Liverpool.

And while one of the Basque's predecessors, Jurgen Klopp, was the self-confessed Rocky Balboa advocate, the Reds head coach will surely be in agreement with the gut-punching universal message.

"Time takes everybody out," says Sylvester Stallone's fabled character when explaining, years later, how he managed to beat the seemingly invincible Apollo Creed. "It's undefeated."

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