Liverpool defender Sebastian Coates says he's prepared to be patient over earning a consistent first team run.

Coates knows places in the back four are hard to come by.

He told the Official Liverpool Matchday Programme: "I feel more settled now. As the months and the time goes by the period becomes a lot more easy.

"I am enjoying the football and I know I have to be patient to play more games, purely because the other defenders have been so consistent for a long time.

"That is the nature of defence. Especially in that position, when it is working, you don't change it.

"I gained this attitude when Diego Godin had an injury before the Copa America and I got a chance. Because I did well, I stayed in the team. So you must respect your teammates when they perform. There can be no arguments."