Curtis Jones admits his game has undergone over the past two years at Liverpool.

The midfielder penned a new long-term deal yesterday.

Jones told liverpoolfc.com: "I was in the Academy and I was an attacking kid, the first thought was always to have the ball and just run and just try to score or assist or shoot. But the older you get and the more experience that you have around the team and in the Premier League and the Champions League and stuff, you start to learn that it's not as simple as that so you kind of have to change your game.

"I've played in a deeper role, so it's given me more of a disciplined side that I need to understand that defending and stuff is a big part of the game and at times it's better to be simple on the ball, and then in the final third you can 'do your bits' as I say in terms of scoring your goals, you're assisting, you're crossing, you're creating chances and stuff. So, I'm learning it all now and I'm still on the journey.

"I've always been a young kid who's played up in the age groups so I've always been a mature kid. But as I said then I've always stuck as one kind of player and it got to a certain point where I was getting found out a bit, I was taking too many touches and stuff on the ball and giving away the ball a bit. So no, I've changed my game and it is for the better."

On manager Jurgen Klopp and his staff, Jones also said: "In every way. Everything that I've said here in terms of that I've changed as a lad, I've changed as a player, I've changed my game in certain parts, it's all because of them. If I didn't have their help, I'm not saying I don't have a football brain where I can figure it out as well, but with them it was just quicker, it was easier. As I said, I'm grateful and I'm fortunate to have staff like them around me."