Liverpool 'Want to Win Everything' This Season, Says Virgil van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk says Liverpool are setting their stall out with high expectations this season and are hoping to win every trophy available.

The Reds have not won silverware since 2012 and have fallen short in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League finals under manager Jurgen Klopp.

Nevertheless, Van Dijk says he and the rest of his team-mates are feeling ambitious, per Goal's Neil Jones:

"Everyone is excited, everyone is feeling good, everyone wanted to be part of this. We know the season is very long, we have four competitions to play in, but you know—we want to win everything, that is basically our mindset. Otherwise, you'd better stop.

"You need to have ambitions, and with the size of this club, with the people around here and the history of the club, we want to try and win everything. It's going to be hard, it's going to be something very difficult to do, but you know we are going to just try it. That is the only way forward."

With their 3-2 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday, Liverpool have now won all six of their matches this season, having beaten Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium over the weekend.

Van Dijk called on his team-mates to continue showing such good form. He added: "If you are going to be on the pitch and you don't believe it then you'd better stay home! You need to have belief, you need to have belief in everyone in your team, and I have all the belief that's there in this team."

The PSG side that came to Anfield are a work in progress under Thomas Tuchel, but they're nevertheless stacked with talent.

In years gone by, the Reds might have capitulated after letting slip a two-goal lead or failed to find the last-minute winner to give them three points.

The Mirror's David Maddock was impressed:

Klopp believes the result shows how far Liverpool have come in recent years, per ESPN FC's Glenn Price:

The Reds reached the Champions League final last year, where they were undone by an early injury to Mohamed Salah and two calamitous errors from Loris Karius. On another night, it could have been a different story.

Getting there again will be difficult, and there's a lot of ground to be made up in the league—Liverpool finished 25 points behind Manchester City last season—but there's no reason they shouldn't aim high.

The arrival of Van Dijk in January and summer signings such as Alisson and Naby Keita have strengthened the team, so they should be capable of challenging for major honours this term.