"You can't throw the towel in if you come up against a brilliant striker." — Conor Coady

You have to have that willingness and that fight to get back in the game and get a point or a win. I don't think you can teach or learn that kind of thing.

I was lucky in that I played in a Liverpool team alongside the likes of Raheem Sterling, Jon Flanagan, Andre Wisdom and Suso and you knew that these players were special.

They're great memories, not just as a footballer but as a person growing up - it sounds daft, but to come away from Liverpool to play the first-team football I needed. It's a fantastic place, a huge football club and they helped me a lot. I'm grateful for coming through there.

I watch a lot of football.

I think you have to recognise where you are as a player. I knew I had to go out to learn - to sit around at Liverpool wasn't going to do me any good.

I've been brought up in a family that just loves football.

When I left Liverpool, I knew had to leave. It was a big step but it was something I had to do. A lot of people asked if it was hard, it wasn't hard. It was something I needed to do to improve and get better as a footballer.

I am not the type of player who thinks he has to prove anything to people on Saturday.

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You can't throw the towel in if you come up against a brilliant striker.