Dejan Lovren has explained how he and his teammates are doing all they can to help fellow centre-back Virgil van Dijk settle into his new surroundings at Liverpool.

The pair have linked up twice at the heart of the Reds’ defence, most recently in FC Porto last week where they kept a clean sheet in the emphatic 5-0 win for Jürgen Klopp’s men.

“To be honest I didn't expect that we would be so quick [to settle] together," said Lovren.

"But when you are a top centre-back I think it is normal and Virgil is one of them. Of course, he needs some time to adapt because Southampton to Liverpool is different.

"But he understands what the manager wants, although sometimes I have to remind him also. I help him as much as I can. It is a difficult period sometimes to adapt but he is managing it quite well.

"Everyone is behind him and giving him support and he did brilliant against Porto. Everyone did from the back line and the midfield – I don't need to talk about the strikers."

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As well as keeping a shut-out in Portugal, Lovren also helped contribute to Liverpool’s opening goal on the night when his pressure high up the field won the ball back for the visitors.

“We are a team who like to play high pressure,” he said.

"I think we did it quite well from the first goal. It started from their goalkeeper, I came to win it and it went to Gini [Wijnaldum]. He tried to shoot and then it was Mane's goal.

"This is what we need. The main point was that we managed the game all the time. Porto have quality players but they only had a couple of chances. It was deserved, a quality win."

Virgil van Dijk was a special guest on this week's edition of LFC Later. Click here to watch the latest episode>>