Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has urged his team to "stay calm" after their 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace , but admits they will have to improve "pretty quickly" if they want to succeed this season.

The Premier League champions suffered their first defeat of the campaign at Selhurst Park thanks to a late strike from Palace substitute Eddie Nketiah . The result means title rivals Arsenal can close the gap on the league leaders to just two points with a victory against Newcastle United on Sunday afternoon.

"[We're] disappointed in our performance," Van Dijk said after the game.

"Disappointed in the loss, but especially the way we went about it. I think if we got a draw here then we took already one point too much. That is the feeling that we have right now. "I don't think

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