MANCHESTER — Virgil van Dijk has refused to give up on Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes despite the reigning champions being swept aside by Manchester City and sitting eight points off the top of the table.

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The way they were beaten by City suggests Liverpool are well off the title pace but their captain, who has stood tall and answered question after question about their struggles in recent weeks, has sent out a message to Liverpool’s title rivals: “The season isn’t decided in November.”

With almost a third of the season gone, Van Dijk has seen his Liverpool side lose five of their last six in the Premier League as the defending champions have gone from winning five on the bounce to start the season to being way behin

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