Jurgen Klopp has heralded this as Joe Gomez‘s most constant season at Liverpool, a reality he places right down to the defender being compelled to play in numerous completely different positions.
A centre-back by commerce, Gomez has featured in that function in addition to right-back, left-back and even because the holding midfielder over the course of the marketing campaign so far.
And he has excelled in every, enjoying a key function within the Reds having the ability to preserve their four-fronted bid for trophies by an harm disaster.
As such, Klopp is understandably delighted with the Englishman’s type, and is hopeful it could actually proceed into the run-in.
He stated: “I couldn’t be happier for Joey. He was, in our most profitable years, tremendous, tremendous essential, performed an unimaginable quantity of video games in 19/20, most likely 18/19 as effectively.
“He had some accidents, stuff occurred, and he was out and in of the staff, all the time essential to us, however I believe this season is essentially the most constant he performed, particularly due to the completely different positions.
“I believe the least video games he performed on centre-half [in a season] most likely as a result of we all the time wanted him some place else, and he did exceptionally effectively. I believe it developed his sport, massively.
“When you would have requested me earlier than the season about inverted proper or left-back, what do you concentrate on typically the No. 6, I don’t know if I’d have stated, ‘Yeah, in fact, Joey can do this!’
“However that’s what alternative typically does to you, that you simply actually develop with the challenges you face and that’s what Joey positively did. He’s in distinctive form and lengthy could it proceed.”
As Klopp famous, Gomez has not all the time been fortunate with accidents, however thus far he has missed just one match this season because of health points – solely 5 gamers boast an analogous or higher report.
