Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp remains reluctant to play Trent Alexander-Arnold as a fulltime midfielder.

Klopp insists Alexander-Arnold remains outstanding as a fullback.

He explained: "It's just about us, what do we have available? Is Joey there? Is Conor there? If they both are there, does one of them have to play left-back? Because Kosti cannot play all the games.

"Then you have to see. Yes, Trent can play midfield, we always knew that. But Trent can play the role we gave him now very well as well, so that's how it is. We will see. If you want to be good he has to be influential from all different areas because it just makes us better. If he plays a good game – which he obviously did in the last game – then that's it pretty much.

"We play him where we think it's best for him. And then people say he has to play there, he has to play there. He became one of the most successful players in the recent history of Liverpool FC playing at right-back. He became a Premier League player as a right-back. He can play more inside definitely. How I said, he will play where it's best for us, that's just how it is.

"And I'm not stubborn and don't want to play him in midfield or whatever, not at all. But I'm not part of the [external] discussion; you can discuss it as much as you want but it will not have any influence. We still have to make decisions [about] what's best for the team – and Trent sees it, by the way, exactly the same way. He wants to play.

"And from my point of view he has to be influential and we have to make sure we help him with the positioning. That's it."