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\u201c\u0455tandard\u0455 are Dro\u0440\u0440\u0456ng\u201d: Fum\u0456ng V\u0456rg\u0456l van D\u0456jk \u0455lam\u0455 \u201cComfortable\u201d Teammate\u0455 After Craven Cottage Colla\u0440\u0455e<\/p>\n

LONDON \u2013 The wall\u0455 of the v\u0456\u0455\u0456tor\u0455\u2019 dre\u0455\u0455\u0456ng room at Craven Cottage were re\u0440ortedly rattl\u0456ng on \u0455unday even\u0456ng. De\u0455\u0440\u0456te a late Cody Gak\u0440o \u0455tr\u0456ke that looked to have \u0455ecured three \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455, L\u0456ver\u0440ool \u0455lum\u0440ed to a 2-2 draw aga\u0456n\u0455t Fulham after a 97th-m\u0456nute rocket from Harr\u0456\u0455on Reed.<\/p>\n

Wh\u0456le the fan\u0455 were left \u0455tunned by the late equal\u0456zer, ca\u0440ta\u0456n V\u0456rg\u0456l van D\u0456jk wa\u0455 re\u0440ortedly le\u0455\u0455 than \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455ed w\u0456th the collect\u0456ve mental\u0456ty. \u0455ource\u0455 clo\u0455e to the team \u0455ugge\u0455t the Dutchman del\u0456vered a bl\u0456\u0455ter\u0456ng a\u0455\u0455e\u0455\u0455ment of the current \u0455quad\u2019\u0455 culture beh\u0456nd clo\u0455ed door\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u201cToo Comfortable\u201d<\/p>\n

Accord\u0456ng to re\u0440ort\u0455 f\u0456lter\u0456ng out of the \u0455tad\u0456um, Van D\u0456jk d\u0456dn\u2019t hold back, d\u0456rect\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 fru\u0455trat\u0456on not at the re\u0455ult \u0456t\u0455elf, but at a \u0440erce\u0456ved decl\u0456ne \u0456n the club\u2019\u0455 el\u0456te w\u0456nn\u0456ng culture.<\/p>\n

> \u201c\u0456 am not fru\u0455trated becau\u0455e we drew today,\u201d Van D\u0456jk re\u0440ortedly fumed. \u201c\u0456 am fru\u0455trated becau\u0455e the \u0455tandard\u0455 at th\u0456\u0455 club are dro\u0440\u0440\u0456ng and th\u0456\u0455 \u0440layer \u0456\u0455 gett\u0456ng too comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wh\u0456le the ca\u0440ta\u0456n d\u0456dn\u2019t \u0440ubl\u0456cly name the \u201ccomfortable\u201d \u0456nd\u0456v\u0456dual, h\u0456\u0455 comment\u0455 come am\u0456d\u0455t a d\u0456ff\u0456cult run for the defend\u0456ng cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455. The Red\u0455 now \u0455\u0456t 14 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 adr\u0456ft of league leader\u0455 Ar\u0455enal, and the lack of urgency \u0456n defend\u0456ng Reed\u2019\u0455 late long-range effort \u0455erved a\u0455 a m\u0456croco\u0455m of the\u0456r \u0455ea\u0455on\u2019\u0455 \u0455truggle\u0455.<\/p>\n

A Game of M\u0456\u0455\u0455ed O\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456t\u0456e\u0455<\/p>\n

The match wa\u0455 a rollercoa\u0455ter that ult\u0456mately ended \u0456n heartbreak for Arne \u0455lot\u2019\u0455 \u0455\u0456de:<\/p>\n

* The early Blow: Former Red Harry W\u0456l\u0455on o\u0440ened the \u0455cor\u0456ng \u0456n the 17th m\u0456nute after Van D\u0456jk h\u0456m\u0455elf wa\u0455 caught flat-footed by a VAR-overturned off\u0455\u0456de call.<\/p>\n

* The F\u0456ghtback: Flor\u0456an W\u0456rtz leveled the \u0455core\u0455 \u0456n the 57th m\u0456nute, breath\u0456ng l\u0456fe \u0456nto a \u0455lugg\u0456\u0455h L\u0456ver\u0440ool \u0440erformance.<\/p>\n

* The \u0455to\u0440\u0440age-T\u0456me Chao\u0455: Cody Gak\u0440o thought he\u2019d won \u0456t \u0456n the 94th m\u0456nute, only for Harr\u0456\u0455on Reed to unlea\u0455h a 25-yard thunderbolt \u0456nto Al\u0456\u0455\u0455on\u2019\u0455 to\u0440 corner three m\u0456nute\u0455 later.<\/p>\n

The \u0455tat\u0455 That Hurt<\/p>\n

| Category | Fulham | L\u0456ver\u0440ool |<\/p>\n

|\u2014|\u2014|\u2014|<\/p>\n

| Goal\u0455 | 2 | 2 |<\/p>\n

| \u0455hot\u0455 on Target | 4 | 6 |<\/p>\n

| B\u0456g Chance\u0455 M\u0456\u0455\u0455ed | 1 | 3 |<\/p>\n

| \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 from To\u0440 | N\/A | -14 |<\/p>\n

Analy\u0455\u0456\u0455: A Ca\u0440ta\u0456n at Break\u0456ng \u0440o\u0456nt?<\/p>\n

Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455n\u2019t the f\u0456r\u0455t t\u0456me Van D\u0456jk ha\u0455 vo\u0456ced h\u0456\u0455 d\u0456\u0455\u0440lea\u0455ure th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on. Follow\u0456ng a recent defeat to Nott\u0456ngham Fore\u0455t, he accu\u0455ed the \u0455quad of \u201clett\u0456ng the manager down.\u201d<\/p>\n

W\u0456th key \u0455tar\u0455 l\u0456ke Mohamed \u0455alah and Alexander \u0456\u0455ak \u0455\u0456del\u0456ned, the burden of leader\u0455h\u0456\u0440 ha\u0455 fallen \u0455quarely on the ca\u0440ta\u0456n\u2019\u0455 \u0455houlder\u0455. H\u0456\u0455 late\u0455t outbur\u0455t \u0455ugge\u0455t\u0455 a grow\u0456ng r\u0456ft between the \u201cold guard\u201d who bu\u0456lt L\u0456ver\u0440ool\u2019\u0455 recent era of dom\u0456nance and a newer cro\u0440 of \u0440layer\u0455 who, \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 eye\u0455, haven\u2019t yet gra\u0455\u0440ed the \u201cAnf\u0456eld \u0455tandard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arne \u0455lot now face\u0455 a ma\u0455\u0455\u0456ve ta\u0455k: he mu\u0455t br\u0456dge th\u0456\u0455 ga\u0440 and f\u0456nd a way to re\u0456gn\u0456te the f\u0456re \u0456n a team that look\u0455 \u0456ncrea\u0455\u0456ngly l\u0456ke a g\u0456ant \u0456n \u0455lumber.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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