Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk admits they weren't at their best for today's draw at Manchester City.

Trent Alexander-Arnold canceled out Erling Haaland's opener for City.

Van Dijk said, "The second half was much better than the first half. Obviously we knew we would suffer at times and that is something you have to expect.You have to fight as a team.

"To come away with a point here is obviously not bad. We wanted to win but we didn't lose, which sounds a bit cliche. There are a lot of things we have to improve and we'll keep working on it.

"We need to improve in all areas - it's pretty simple. I don't think there is a perfect team in the world but we want to be as good as possible. We will work on this and it is a long season. We were much better than last season."

On whether Ruben Dias' 'goal' should have been disallowed, he added: "It's a foul. There is not mnuch to say about it. It's pretty clear can't foul the goalkeeper and that's what happened."