Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet says a lot of work behind the scenes helped turnaround his form this season.

He accepts his time out of the team gave him chance to make changes to his game, which involved being more dominant in his area and certainly more vocal with his team-mates.

"It is something we spoke about when I was out the team: to be more aggressive and be more dominant with defenders and be more commanding and demanding," he said.

"Last week I had family over and they asked me straight after the game if my voice had not gone because they do not normally hear me on the pitch.

"I have always been one who tries to give information to the defenders and for me to organise at set-pieces but it is maybe more the body language and the commanding voice to get the message over to the players which has changed a bit.

"It is something to do with my character as well which is a bit laid back so I had to make sure when I gave a signal it was commanding enough."