Joe Gomez insists he is ’embracing the problem’ of being deployed as a full-back by Jurgen Klopp this season… however the Liverpool defender admits centre-back remains to be his most popular place

Joe Gomez has insisted that he’s able to ’embrace the problem’ of being deployed at full-back for Liverpool this season.

After becoming a member of the Reds from boyhood aspect Charlton as a youngster, Gomez earned a popularity as one of many brightest younger defensive abilities in Europe.

An array of accidents in the course of the membership’s Champions League-winning season in 2018-19 noticed Gomez type a powerful partnership with Virgil Van Dijk in his most popular place within the coronary heart of the aspect’s defence however his personal setbacks have severely hampered Gomez’s enjoying time in recent times.

This season nevertheless, the 26-year-old has loved a constant run within the aspect as a full-back, showing in all however certainly one of Liverpool’s Premier League fixtures.

Regardless of beforehand having reservations in regards to the function, Gomez attributed his newfound appreciation for the place to his maturity and expertise within the recreation.

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‘I believe making an attempt to embrace no matter place I play might be extra vital for me.’ Gomez informed Sky Sports activities.

‘If I used to be to jot down on paper the place I play, I’d in all probability nonetheless write centre-back. However with time, you develop in appreciation for the sport and simply studying it.’

‘Attempting to be dynamic and luxuriate in that place is one thing I get pleasure from as properly. It brings totally different challenges and I get pleasure from that check. 

‘I believe after I was youthful I in all probability did resist it extra and have a special outlook in direction of it after I performed there. As I’ve received older it is embracing it and appreciating the problem.’

Although his current run of video games represents one thing of a brand new problem for the 11-cap England worldwide, he does have important prior expertise within the function. 

After first breaking into the primary workforce at Charlton, Gomez was usually deployed as a full-back by then-Addicks boss Man Luzon.

Gomez additionally noticed constant enjoying time within the function throughout his breakout season at Anfield beneath Jurgen Klopp in 2017-18, making the vast majority of his 31 appearances in all competitions that season from the precise aspect of defence.