Liverpool midfielder Wataru Endo is happy silencing his critics.

Endo scored in the Europa League win against Toulouse on Thursday.

"I understand they say that stuff because I'm 30 years old and I know Liverpool wanted to sign younger players," Endo said. "But that's normal. I didn't care what they said, I just have to do my job.

"And if I play well, it's a good sign. Not only today, my performances are getting better and better and I can see it improving more so I just try to do my job every game."

Endo added: "Macca is more offensive but defensively he always tries to do it better. As he keeps playing he gets stronger defensively. I can learn a lot of things from him and I think it's a good balance between me and Macca.

"I think we have very good midfielders, it's not only the four new players, we also have Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, so many No.8 players. We also have sixes, Macca and I, Thiago Alcantara is injured but he will come back and Stefan Bajcetic is a No.6. We have very good midfielders.

"Training is totally different between Liverpool and Stuttgart. When I got here I was a bit surprised to train here because they have a lot of quality and it's very intense. But that's what I wanted to have in training.

"I didn't start many games in the Premier League yet so I don't see the difference [much]. But at Newcastle, it was a very tough game and physically, the speed, everything is different between Europe and the league."