Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones feels his relaxed approach has helped his progress as a first teamer.

Jones has shone over the past 18 months since being promoted by manager Jurgen Klopp.

He told liverpoolfc.com: "I'm laid-back and I'm confident but I always know that it's a bigger step coming from the Academy to the first team and when I'm going from playing against Lincoln to playing against Arsenal. So I always know that the step is different but I'll always try to play my same game and stay as calm as I can be.

"As I said before, the manager and his staff have belief in me and I know that so I just go out there and enjoy myself and try to be me and be the player that I am, and show everybody at the club and the fans around the world the player that I am and the player that I can become."

As for his approach to first team football, Jones added: "I've been successful at the Academy and I've done that by playing a certain way so I try to keep that here. But as I said before, you've got to mature and change your game slightly so I've done that as well and I think it's come together well. As I said, again I've still got a lot to learn and I'm learning each day."