Virgil van Dijk called Liverpool's Community Shield defeat to Crystal Palace a "disappointing" start to their Premier League title defence.

Liverpool drew 2-2 with Palace at Wembley, despite twice taking the lead through new signings Hugo Ekitike and Jeremie Frimpong and were then defeated on penalties.

Mohamed Salah missed his penalty, before Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott saw efforts saved by Dean Henderson .

Liverpool are looking to defend their title for the first time since 1984 and captain Van Dijk was not happy with how his side began the season.

He told ESPN: "Obviously today we lost so that is not a good start, but we will have to take it game by game.

"That is the mindset and has always been the mindset for us, it is going to be a very intense seas

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