DEJAN LOVREN

I enjoy playing against big, top strikers.

I had a great time at Southampton and will always be thankful for that.

It would be a pleasure to play against England. They are one of the top teams.

I feel relief after the transfer window is closed. I got tired of reading and listening every day about me leaving or staying at Liverpool. Everyone wrote 'Dejan is here, Dejan is there,' and they knew nothing!

I always try to be better than yesterday.

If you want to be at the top, you need to have the winning mentality and the calmness.

The biggest problem is my back.

I have big problems with the left side of my body. I'm taking pills so I can play. I take five pills before every game.

This is Liverpool, we will always come back when it's tough.

I'm my biggest critic of myself when I make mistakes.

I saw everything on my parents, and I said to myself: 'I don't want to live my life like this.' They gave me everything they could but it was not amazing.

We need to always stay hungry. When we lose the ball, get it back quickly.

I never had any feelings of hate towards the Southampton fans - they helped me and of course, they made some good business.

I made the wrong decision many times. Sometimes I can accept it, sometimes not because football is like that. But in the end it depends on yourself and whether you are ready to move on or not.

When I was playing good, nobody was saying I was playing good. When I was playing bad, I would be the first one on the front of the journal.

I love playing against England.

For Croatians it means everything to play for the national team. Because of the past. A lot of people died in the war. It's like a duty for us to give everything.

People always catch you on mistakes and they don't look at the good things you do.

Everything is possible when you believe and you work hard.

It's an honour, of course, to play against the biggest players in the world.

I am giving my best to have a quiet life but sometimes it doesn't depend on myself because people just want to come into my home and steal some things, even though I have nothing in my home.

I had the luck with Germany. If they hadn't allowed us to come in I don't know where we would've gone or where we could go. I never ask about that. My mum said: 'Germany is our second home' and it's true. Germany gave us their open hands.

Maybe there is some regret with how I left Southampton.

One of the biggest challenge for me is when you have Mo Salah and Sadio Mane at the training ground. Then you know where you are.

At Liverpool, when warmed up, we enter the game or after 15 minutes go back to the bench.