'Stay calm, keep working' - Van Dijk's message to 'very promising' Jacquet

[Getty Images] Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has praised fellow centre-back Jeremy Jacquet's "excellent start" to life at Anfield but warned that "we are only in September". "I want him to keep working and keep learning. I am sure he will," said Van Dijk after the 21-year-old summer signing put in another impressive display in Sunday's 1-0 win at Bournemouth . "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 to stay important for us. "It [the partnership] 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. "So far, it is good. He is 21 years old and very promising, but it is up to him to keep working hard and staying calm. 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." Sunday's result at Vitality Stadium means the Reds have kept three straight clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since 2024. "Clean sheets are always a good sign. Everyone is playing a big part in that," Van Dijk added. "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."