Virgil van Dijk felt Liverpool displayed the required maturity and patience in order to pick up an important three points over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday.
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The Reds restored their 13-point lead at the top of the Premier League thanks to Sadio Mane’s first-half goal at Anfield.
Pos. P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Liverpool 19 18 1 0 47 14 33 55
2 Leicester City 20 13 3 4 43 19 24 42
3 Manchester City 20 13 2 5 54 23 31 41
Wolves had an equaliser ruled out shortly after the opener but Jürgen Klopp’s side kept the visitors out to secure a hard-fought victory.
“It was [tough]. Wolves are a good team, made it very difficult for us and have good players,” Van Dijk told Liverpoolfc.com post-match.
“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.
“You have to be very patient, you have to stay positive. 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.”
