Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has thanked the club for dealing him in in the aftermath of his knee injury.

A seemingly innocuous challenge during the early stages of a Champions League semi-final clash with Roma back in April 2018 resulted in the Englishman tearing his ACL, rupturing his LCL, and damaging his medial ligament and hamstring.

That meant surgery, an extensive rehabilitation programme, and over a year on the sidelines for a player who had just started to show his best in a Reds shirt.

But his commitment to that gruelling recovery period was rewarded in August 2019 as Liverpool offered up a further year's contract that was promptly signed.

Oxlade-Chamberlain told the club's official website: “It was another big moment for me.

“It was really exciting for me, obviously coming off the back of an injury; we were talking for a while if that was the thing we were going to do and coming to an agreement on that meant a lot to me.

“To be at a club that supported me all the way through an injury like that, which for some it can be career-ruining or career-ending, to commit to an extension and a contract, probably at a time where maybe it was a bit of a risk or they had to put a lot of trust and faith in me as an athlete and a person, because after an injury like that no-one really knows how you're going to come back, for the club to do that meant the absolute world to me.

“I felt very privileged and honoured to extend my time with an amazing football club and an amazing team. Definitely one of my favourite moments of the season."