Overview
- Alexis Mac Allister scored a second-half winner at Anfield to seal Liverpool's Champions League victory.
- The win marked Liverpool's second in a row after a sequence of six losses in seven matches.
- Virgil van Dijk said criticism is fair after four straight defeats but argued commentary often gets amplified across many platforms.
- He framed the captaincy as protecting a 25-man squad with players who respond differently to external pressure.
- Rooney acknowledged his earlier critique and commended the strong response from Van Dijk and the team.