Virgil van Dijk sends Jeremy Jacquet message after dream Liverpool start

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has attempted to bring Jeremy Jacquet back down to earth following his stunning start to life with the Reds. The Frenchman arrived at the club in the summer from French side Rennes, a deal having been agreed in January.

He has immediately claimed a spot in the starting XI, having started each of the opening five games of the season. He has also struck up a promising partnership alongside Van Dijk - the pair having been key to Liverpool keeping three clean sheets in their last three Premier League games.

While the Dutchman man has been left impressed, Van Dijk has warned the 21-year-old not to get too far ahead of himself.

"He has had an excellent start, but we are only in September," Van Dijk said of Jacquet. "I want him to keep working and keep learning. I am sure he will.

"There is obviously a lot of praise and rightly so, but I know how it works when you play a game not at the standards you have set. So let's just stay calm, keep working, and try and stay important for us like he was today again.

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"[The partnership with Jacquet] is still a work in progress. There are still things we can improve but you learn by playing games. I said at the start that you experience things in games and see how each other react to certain moments, and then you adapt to that.

"It is still a work in progress, but so far, it is good. For him personally, he is 21 years old. He is very promising but it is up to him to keep working hard and stay calm.

"Can he learn from me? I hope so! Listen, it's all about him and how he adapts to the team and what he brings to the team. It's a big credit to him how he started his Liverpool career, but we are in September.

"Hopefully there are years of his Liverpool career left. He has to stay calm, keep working hard and keep being important for the team - nothing more and nothing less.

"Clean sheets are always a good sign. Everyone is playing a big part in that. I know how sometimes it can work, where maybe only the defenders or the goalkeeper get the plaudits for it, but it is down to everyone. The guys up front and the midfielders put in the hard work, and it is a great base to build on.

"It's difficult for me to answer [if we have a new-found resiliency] but there is a lot of hard work we do behind the scenes to not concede chances, let alone goals. So it is down to all of us.

"We have to put the work in and we have been doing it in training, but obviously the games are the most important. Today, we didn't give a lot away.

"There were a couple of shots from distance and the chance Alisson saved [from Evanilson] brilliantly from my view, I think. So overall, defensively, we were solid."