Milos Kerkez still needs to adapt to the intensity and demands of playing for Liverpool, on and off the pitch, says Virgil van Dijk after his early substitution at Burnley.Kerkez had an eye-opening experience at Turf Moor, hooked with less than 40 minutes on the clock as Slot feared the possibility of a second yellow card.It was an example of the naivety that he, as a young player, still possesses, and he will need time to grow into his role at Liverpool, which Andy Robertson, for example, knows all too well.His aggressive and front-footed nature, however, are qualities Van Dijk sought to highlight as his strengths while underlining he is still learning how to handle the demands of playing for Liverpool. • READ: Liverpool add 2 players to Champions League squad vs. Atletico Madrid“Milos is obviously a fantastic, aggressive, full-of-energy player who is obviously learning also how we play and the intensity of playing for Liverpool and also dealing with it on and off the pitch,” Van Dijk said.“It’s not an easy thing to deal with, but he is going to be absolutely fine.”They will be reassuring words for the Hungarian, who is full of potential but still raw when it comes to decision-making under pressure, and Slot had to protect him at Burnley. Liverpool’s head coach has not shied away from explaining one of his earliest tactical substitutions at the club to Kerkez or the media.The left-back told Slot that he understood why the decision was made after holding further talks, with Slot fearing referee Michael Oliver would feel the pressure to show another yellow card.“Maybe when he is at home and is talking to his father or his girlfriend or his friends he is like, ‘What a stupid decision this was’,” Slot started.“But when I am around, he comes across as if he understood it.“So for me, [it was] that combination. If their players wouldn’t have gone to the referee, if he wouldn’t have made this [signal], I would have at least kept him on until half-time.“But I felt, also the atmosphere in the stadium – smart from their fans, by the way, on every decision they were on top of the referee.“I felt if he only touches him once, he’s under a lot of pressure not to give him this yellow. That’s what I tried to explain.“Again, he said he understood, but I don’t know what he says to his friends about it! But, to me, he says he understood.”