Kostas Tsimikas is more than happy playing with his 'family' at Liverpool.

The Greece left-back made 26 appearances after amassing just seven in the previous campaign, and scored the winning penalty in the FA Cup final against Chelsea.

Asked if last season being one of the best in his career so far, Tsimikas told the club's website: "Of course, OK, there's the team also. Always, as I've said a lot of times, I enjoy to play with my boys here; my family.

"The first season for me was not so good – or as I expect – but the second year I say [that] I had to work even harder if I wanted to reach my goals and hopefully, I had no injuries. All the games I played I enjoy really a lot."

Tsimikas added that was disappointed about the Champions League final loss to Real Madrid, but said it would be used as motivation for next season.

He added: "Me, personally, I wanted something more from the team from the season last year but at the end, OK, we didn't win the Premier League [and] we didn't win the Champions League but this is the game.

"The only thing we have to think is to go 100 per cent hungry for the next [season] to give everything every day in the training [sessions], because now [that's what] matters, to give everything to be 100 per cent ready for the next season."