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However, his position came under threat when Jurgen Klopp brought in Loris Karius from Mainz in the summer of 2016.

The two goalkeepers initially vied for the first-choice spot, only for Klopp to declare his compatriot as the number one over the Belgian midway through the 2017/18 season.

It didn't settle the position.

"And then around winter time (2017/18), Jurgen decided to put Loris in as number one.

That for me was a really bad moment because it was not only the decision that was made to play Loris, it was also the moment when Virgil van Dijk came in to sign as a center-back.

And having to have someone like him, and at that time Joel Matip, to be playing center-half, it would have meant a lot of a big difference for me also, when he would have played in front of me.

"But okay, the manager needs to make a decision and he chose Loris.

I had the chance, or I had the feeling, that I was competing with him.

"And I think, looking back to it now and also how I see my career evolving, and what I did after that, I probably am the better goalkeeper than Loris

Now, it's not up to me to decide that, and especially not at that moment in time, but I think time told that I was able to be competing with him."