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Virgil van Dijk: Liverpool Have Learnt from Missing out on 2019 Premier League

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Liverpool talisman Virgil van Dijk has said his side have learnt from narrowly missing out on last season's Premier League title, with the club now on course to win their first top-flight crown since 1990.

The Merseysiders finished one point behind defending champions Manchester City in May, but a 13-point advantage at the table summit with a game in hand suggests Liverpool will end their 30-year wait for the title this term.

Van Dijk, 28, said he hopes to "finish the season on a high." He also believes that Liverpool benefited from winning the UEFA Champions League in June as they continue the march on domestic glory, per Goal's Chris Burton:

"We came very close.