“Liverpool is a huge club as everyone knows,” the new club vice captain told LFC magazine. “Every single game, the stadiums are sold out. I’ve been on four summer tours to Asia, Australia, and United States. The interest is massive. It’s overwhelming really.
“The club has a worldwide reach which few clubs in the world have. You can walk down the street in a city anywhere in the world and there will be someone wearing a Liverpool shirt. All of that means there’s a big responsibility. Everyone is watching you. Nearly all of the Premier League matches are on TV so you aren’t just playing for the people inside the stadium but the people in their homes.
“Everyone has an opinion. Maybe at other clubs the focus isn’t there as much. If you have a bad game once in a while it gets lost and it’s forgotten quickly.
“At Liverpool the pressure is on every moment of every single game. You can’t hide. But I love all of that. You have to deal with the pressure in your own way. It’s what you work hard for, to be in the pressure environments like this.”