On what sort of role he takes while sidelined and if he looks to give others advice…
Yeah, of course I do. I feel that that’s something that’s been brought into our team. You see teams and get around teams and see lads that are in the starting team and they’re happy and bubbly and stuff. But then as soon as they’re out of it their heads are down. But I feel that it’s good in our team, because I feel it’s more of a family thing in a sense of lads who don’t play, they’re always around the team. They’re always there at the stadium. They’re always there to support the lads and that’s including the lads who have been out the squad as well.
The lads who are not going to play or not going to start, they could come on the pitch and play a role, and I think that’s showed in the season. The amount of times the subs have come off the bench and changed the game [and] scored goals that have won the game or assisted the goal that’s helped us with a draw or win the game. That shows that the lads that are on the bench, they’re not sulking. They know that they’re going to play a role and they know that they’re a part of the team. I feel that’s been managed well by the staff and the lads around the place.
On knowing what it means as a Scouser to play for Liverpool…
That’s exactly what it is and that goes for every game I play. I’m 23 and I’ve been around the first team since I was 19 and I’ve been at the club since I was five-and-a-half or six, so it means a lot to me and my family. To be around the first team now and be a big part of the team and have the responsibility in your hands to win games to put a smile on faces and make their week as well, it’s a big ask but we enjoy it; me certainly as well. I know how much it means to the fans. I enjoy it and I take it with both hands.