Cannot blame Jurgen Klopp for lack of chances, admits Joe Gomez

But as mentioned that has affected a few players, with Joe Gomez the biggest one suffering. The 22-year-old has been tipped to be both a regular for Liverpool and England, but just cannot find his way into the Reds’ team right now. Instead, he’s struggled for game-time, playing 90 minutes just once since the season start and adding one cameo off the bench to his tally of appearances. That has seen him omitted from Gareth Southgate’s England squad, but Gomez has admitted that he doesn’t blame Jurgen Klopp for that.

“I cannot blame him. He speaks to me and is a great manager but I have to understand that I have to play for my clubs like other players are. If you meet up with England you are expected to be playing so I have to keep working hard. Every footballer wants to be playing. It's frustrating for me. At the same time I understand we are the European champions and the lads are doing well at the minute. Credit to them. All I can do is keep my head down and keep working hard,” Gomez said reports Goal.

"The further we go, it's self-explanatory, the more we will play so we have to treat it like that and our hopeful our hunger can replicate that. If you don't put in the same practice every day in training with the same attitude, you are only doing yourself harm when it comes to your time to play so I have just got to keep doing that every day, keep working. I've got a great set of lads to learn from,” concluded Gomez.