VAR denied a goal scored by Van Dijk for offside, but the Dutchman refused to consider the incident as a turning point.
He remarked afterwards: "In football there are obviously key decisions. That obviously happens and the officials are deciding this and we have to deal with it on the pitch - both teams. I think there is no point to discuss this from my point of view. The reality is that we lost here 3-0 and that is a big blow, definitely."
Van Dijk also stated, "I think obviously the first half was difficult. They were much more comfortable on the ball in terms of creating an extra overload in the back with Bernardo (Silva) dropping a lot. It was difficult for our front guys to get the pressure on them, but I still don't think there was a lot of danger. Obviously Doku played a fantastic game so it was difficult for Conor (Bradley) at times in the one-v-one. I still think we weren't much in trouble.
"We could've done better of course, especially in possession. Obviously then the decisions and the penalty, the momentum shifts then more to their side and we had to dig deep. In the second half we obviously get a little bit more momentum in possession, but our pressing was just not good enough.
"The way we did it as a team should've been better. Like I said before the game, it's finding consistency and keep going. Losing hurts always, like it should be, for each and every one of us, but 3-0 especially. Now we go to our countries, stay fit and be ready for a big run after that."
Van Dijk added, "You have to keep going. It sounds boring - but it is what it is. We're not going to give up whatsoever. We're in November and you have to be ready for a long season and a big fight ahead of us. I'm looking forward to that, but we want to have the same performances that we had in the last two. It's not a guarantee so we have to keep going."