Trent Alexander-Arnold

“No matter how good you are, your mentality has got to be right. A lot of young players, that's where they go wrong, and that's what I've always seen when I was growing up - players who are almost there but couldn't quite get there because the mentality wasn't right.”

“To play for Liverpool is the dream, the aim, and I can't see it changing to be fair.”

“You've got to beat the best if you want to be the best.”

“Liverpool are special.”

“It's always good to get compliments from your idol.”

“I want to challenge myself and test myself against the best players in the world, and there are not many people better than the likes of Ronaldo.”

“There is a big emphasis at Liverpool to have an academy that brings through young players.”

“You are brought up to realise that there will always be tough times in football and that nothing is ever straight forward.”

“I think the moment you get comfortable is the moment that people start gaining on you and start taking that position from you.”

“That's all that really matters to me - playing for the club.”

“I have always wanted to play against those types of players such as Ronaldo and Neymar.”

“I feel I have been very lucky. When you are growing up, you have dreams of being a footballer, perhaps even playing for the club you support, and I am living that dream.”

“It's something you dream of. It's very special to play in the Merseyside derby and, especially, win.”

“The odds are stacked against you becoming a footballer, so my family made sure I always had a backup plan.”

“Once I reached about 14 or 15, I started to steady myself and get into a midfield role and carried that on until I was 17. Then I dropped into right-back, and I have played there ever since.”

“That is probably the best thing to do: look back on the harder games you've had, the tougher games, learn what I didn't do well and what I could have done better.”

“I'm just a lad playing for Liverpool, trying to achieve his dream, so to see a lad with my name on his shirt - when I grew up having the names of other players on my shirt - it meant a lot.”