Liverpool goalkeeping coach John Achterberg rates Pepe Reina the best in the Premier League.

The Dutchman pinpoints Reina's distribution and reading of the game as qualities which set him apart from his contemporaries.

"He is up at the top," Achterberg told liverpoolfc.tv.

"His reading of the game is special. He reacts sometimes before the pass has happened. He already knows and is three or four seconds quicker than other 'keepers.

"And when we play on the break, when we win the ball back from free-kicks or corners, he's very good at setting up counter-attacks with his way of distributing. He picks the right passes 90 per cent of the time."