Some days, you don't score, but then you have to make sure you don't concede.

You don't always have to win beautiful.

Liverpool will always buy good players, even if they already have good players. That's normal. I think it has to be normal for a club like Liverpool because that means you're a big club.

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

Learning to play different roles has made me a more all-round midfielder.

It makes it easier for you to play more often and it makes it easier for the manager if he has players who can be used in different positions.

I think I've shown I have the defensive discipline to play deep as the No.6 and start the build ups with my passing. I can also play higher up the pitch and make a difference in the opposition area. Being able to do both has helped me to play so many games.

I have to be honest: in my career, I've really had to fight to come in the middle again. A lot of managers told me, 'You are way more comfortable as a winger than as a midfielder,' but I always kept my trust and confidence in what I knew about my qualities.

Because I was fast, technical, and could dribble well, it was always the easy thing to label me just a winger and have me stick to that.

At seven, I played centre-back. When you're so young, though, it's more to enjoy the training and to get a feel for the game. It's not heavy on tactics of a position. We were playing on a half pitch, seven against seven or eight against eight, so they say you're a centre-back, but it's not like the real definition.

At Under-11/12, I was playing as a right-back. The manager then was Cyril Helstone, and he said to me, 'No, you're not a defender. You should be in midfield.' That was the big change in my career because from that moment until I made my debut in the first-team at Feyenoord, that was the position I played.

I think Anfield is a fortress.

Sometimes you need luck to score.

When you play at home, you want the fans behind you, and you must give them something back.

I think, a lot of teams, when they come to Anfield and they play a draw, they think it is a good result.

I can play in different positions, and if I can do what I'm good at, score goals, show how good I can play football, then it's OK with me.

If a whole team doesn't perform, you cannot pick one player especially and say, 'He doesn't do this or do that.'

It is a fault of the whole team if you don't deliver.

If you look at the difference games between the bigger and smaller teams, the difference in concentration, and being passive is big; that is my opinion.

I don't care what other people say about me. I know what I'm capable of.

Normally, I am a player who can play in different positions, but never in defence.

You're always disappointed when you lose a game.

I was full of confidence in myself that I would reach the top or be a professional player as a midfielder.

There were loads of managers who said, 'You have to concentrate on being a winger because you have more potential there.' But I was like, 'You can say what you want, but I'm a midfielder, and I know what's the best for me.'

You want to play against the best and beat the best.

I want to be remembered as a Liverpool player who was part of something special.

You want to be able to look back and feel you were part of Liverpool's great history - win something here, and they will always remember you.

Every game is a new game, and anything can happen.

You always have to put pressure on an opponent.

The most important thing is to enjoy football because you don't know how long your career is going to last, but it is difficult when things don't go well.

Every game is different.

For Feyenoor,d the biggest game is Ajax, but if Sparta are going to play for the title, then that will be the biggest game. It depends how both teams are doing.

As a player, you want to play a lot of games.

PSG wanted to sign me. For me, it was confirmation that I am on the right track and was in a good spell. My heart told me I had to stay at PSV where I still have things to achieve.

You can lose games, but when you look back on the games you lose, you must be, 'Okay, we lost, but we did everything to win it.'

I was sad when Van Gaal left the national team, but I was also sad when Hiddink left.

Van Gaal is a teacher, pays attention to everything you do, but Hiddink is more linked to the players. He gives more freedom than Van Gaal, but I worked with both of them pretty well.

In a year, you can learn a lot.

Every opponent in the Premier League is a warning.

It doesn't matter who you play - you can win against anyone; you can lose against anyone.

If you are busy with a good performance, something you can control, then the chance to win the game is much bigger.

I've always scored through the years, no matter who I've played for.

Of course I want to score.

He gave me a lot of confidence because he said he liked my way of playing football. He said I was a person he really wanted to have in his squad. Something like that is always good to hear. It made me happy, especially as it came from such a great trainer like Jurgen Klopp. He showed how good he is at Dortmund with all the success he had.

During the season, you have to grow.

We play for Liverpool. It is always our intention to win. All the players here want to compete at the top and win. The manager does not have to say to us, 'We want to win a trophy.'

The more you are together as a team, the better you become.

No team can play really good in 50 games. During the season, you will not play that well all the time.

You will not create a lot of chances in every game, but if you stop the opponent getting chances, you will win more.

In the Premier League, almost everyone is difficult to beat; it depends on how you begin a game and how you play in the game.