Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed the way he told Curtis Jones he'd be captain in midweek.

The midfielder led out his teammates in the Carabao Cup third round clash against Leicester city on Wednesday night.

Despite trailing 1-0 at one stage of the game, the Reds put in a great display to win 3-1 and progress to the fourth round.

On Jones being named captain, Klopp told reporters: “Yesterday, when I told him he would be playing right-back, the same moment. I sold the right-back idea with the captaincy, let me say it like that. But he was already completely excited when I told him that he will play right-back.

“The way he executed it was super-special, I have to say. Wow. Super-smart. We thought about him. We couldn't play Stefan long, we have to be careful with him. Joey will be OK for the weekend but was not OK for today. For Trent it is too early.

“So I needed to find solutions and Curtis was always in my mind as a potential solution there. He is really football smart, he enjoys being on the ball and the deeper you are the more often you can get the ball. It was a top performance, I have to say, for the first time in – for him – a strange position. He did really well and I liked that a lot.

“He is in a good moment, so he could probably play each position in the moment. But we will try to use him as often as possible in his natural position."