'Every kid's dream' - third-choice keeper Woodman on life at Liverpool

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"Did I ever think I was going to be playing for Liverpool in the Premier League? When the opportunity came along I was a bit unsure whether to do it and as a third choice I am still learning on the job."I quickly realised that my game time is going to be limited and that I would probably be called upon for 10, 20 minutes, and when that time comes, I just wanted to be prepared."And so the eight months where I'm training, I'm just thinking about those 10 minutes, those 20 minutes, where you are nervous, but you can rely on all the preparation that you've done - and that's what I tried to do."Being third choice is, from what I've seen, more important than what I thought coming in.

"You are trying to have a relationship with the lads, so if Dom [Szoboszlai] wants to do extra free-kicks, I want to be there to help him. And you come in and you realise that they're just normal blokes and they're good people and it's been really nice to build those relationships."After Sunday's game, Liverpool boss Arne Slot praised Woodman, who made one save to deny Iliman Ndiaye after coming on."He just said that I worked all season without getting a lot of credit.

But I'm happy with that," Woodman said."He was just happy for me and for me to shake his hand after the game, realising I felt like I'd done the best I can, is a nice moment."With Alisson still out with a hamstring injury and Mamardashvili facing a spell on the sidelines, Woodman looks set to play against his boyhood club Crystal Palace at Anfield this weekend."It would be unreal, incredible, to get another game in the Premier League and for Liverpool," he said."I grew up supporting Palace, I was a ball boy there and played against them in the Carabao Cup [this season]. I will just go about my stuff this week and prepare as if I am playing."Woodman's top-flight debut for Liverpool capped a superb weekend for his family, with his father Andy - a former goalkeeper, who now manages Bromley - celebrating promotion to League One for the first time in club history on Saturday."I was actually enjoying this Merseyside derby at the new stadium and then I was chucked into it at the deep end, so it was a good weekend for [my] family," Woodman said."Yeah, it was a little nerve-racking.