Curtis Jones has revealed the recommendation that Jurgen Klopp gave him earlier than Liverpool’s match towards Chelsea in midweek.
The 22-year-old got here into the line-up for his first Premier League begin since October, and his first in any competitors in 5 months (Transfermarkt), having needed to deal with a stress drawback within the tibia which has required cautious long-term administration.
The midfielder outlined that his supervisor advised him to chill out and play his pure sport after being named within the beginning XI at Stamford Bridge.
Jones advised the Liverpool Echo: “The supervisor advised me to be myself. I’ve been off for some time, so I believed I’d are available and attempt to be regular.
“I used to be attempting to do an excessive amount of. I simply needed to get on the ball, be me and acquire confidence once more, so that’s what I attempted to do. So I’m joyful I took the following step and we’ll see what occurs subsequent with the video games developing and stuff.
“I wouldn’t actually say it was a sport the place I used to be in a position to get on the ball and dribble and shoot actually. I believed they’d lots of the ball. It was a sport that was extra about gaining the supervisor’s belief once more.”
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It will’ve been comprehensible if Jones was nervous previous to the sport towards Chelsea, having had such an prolonged interval both counting on substitute cameos or not getting a runout in any respect, however he got here by the night time with a tidy efficiency.
As per Sofascore, he accomplished 50 passes within the match (third-most of any Liverpool participant) for a 93% accuracy fee, the very best of any starter in Klopp’s facet. He additionally received two tackles as he put in an trustworthy shift in midfield previous to his 79th-minute withdrawal.
His ongoing tibia concern signifies that he’ll doubtless proceed to be handed solely sporadic begins, particularly when fixtures are coming at an intense fee – the Reds play seven instances in 28 days between the Arsenal sport on Sunday and the go to of Brentford on 6 Could.
Having executed a very good job on Tuesday, following on from scoring for England under-21s in the course of the latest worldwide break, hopefully that’ll give Jones a confidence-boosting platform on which to construct all through the remainder of the season.
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