Obviously it was a tough night for the team at Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday but how do you assess that defeat a few days on?
Obviously it’s not exactly how we would have wanted it to go. It was obviously a bit of a different system. I think everyone is aware and they’ve proven their quality over the last couple of seasons. They’re clearly one of the best teams in world football at the minute. But we go there and we know our capabilities. At the end of the day, we’re still Liverpool Football Club and we want to come away with a result, which we didn’t really manage to get. It’s all still to play for back at Anfield and we know how games can go when we’re back at home. I think it’s just about belief, firstly, from us as players, the coaches and the supporters. It’s going to take a special night but we’ve had special nights before.
In terms of yourself, you’re obviously one of the most experienced heads in this dressing room, you’ve seen and done it all in 11 years with Liverpool. So how do you and those more experienced players set the tone for these next few weeks, which could be so pivotal in the season?
I think, first of all, we’re trying to lead by example in our actions and how we try to apply ourselves. It’s obviously trying to be vocalised to the boys, like, ‘We’ve done this before, we’re LFC and we have to play that out, we have to show that in how we put up a fight and how we try to apply ourselves.’ Obviously we’ve got so much quality in our squad and that’s been added to this year, and then there’s still a lot of morals and principles that we have to try to carry ourselves and pass on. Like you say, it’s about more than just Virgil [van Dijk], Robbo, as captain and vice-captain, it is about all of us that have been there. I feel we will try our best to do that and hopefully the boys feel it.