Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina knows he's now made it as a top footballer after a phone call from his Dad, a former star keeper himself.

"My father called the other day to say that he isn't nervous when he watches my games any more. That is a big thing for him," he told liverpoolfc.tv.

"He doesn't worry for me if I make a mistake any more because he knows that I am a solid goalkeeper with a good future. It wasn't like that at the start of my career and it wasn't easy for him then.

"We both felt I couldn't make a mistake at Barcelona because I was playing for my future and for years he couldn't watch some of my games because it messed with his head, but he comes to Liverpool often now.

"He can relate to everything I am going through at every moment of the season and he is very proud of me."