Kostas Tsimikas was left "very happy" after a successful debut for Liverpool in their friendly defeat of Stuttgart.

Tsimikas believes Liverpool transferred their training drills onto the pitch after dispatching Stuttgart 3-0 in the first pre-season friendly of the summer.

The Greek - who arrived from Olympiakos earlier this month to provide competition for first-choice left-back Andrew Robertson - also revealed his delight at making his first appearance for the club and outlined his ambitions for the coming campaign.

“I feel very good, I'm very happy I did my debut," he said. “Now I want to work more and to play more often in the league games. I want to be ready for everything."

Tsimikas continued: “The friendly games are difficult. First of all we have to be fit, that's why I tried to run a lot first of all; to show a good image and play hard. And the result is the most important [thing], even in the friendly games and the competitive games.

“It was a good performance, we did what we do all these days in training," reflected Tsimikas. “What the coach wants, we did on the pitch. We won.

“We'll keep this and we want to be ready for the [Community Shield] final on the 29th."