Liverpool's Woodman On Life As Third-choice Keeper

Asked astir that expertise to put himself 2nd connected a regular basis, Woodman said: "It's easy here. You know, Mo Salah is coming to you and saying he wants to do other shooting. It's each kid's dream...

"And to build a narration pinch Robbo [Andy Robertson], Curtis [Jones], Cody [Gakpo], Virgil [van Dijk]... I saw these guys past play arsenic superstars. And you travel successful and you realise that they're conscionable normal blokes and they're bully group and it's been really bully to build those relationships."

After Sunday's game, Liverpool leader Arne Slot praised Woodman, who made 1 prevention to contradict Iliman Ndiaye aft coming on.

"He conscionable said that I worked each play without getting a batch of credit. But I'm happy pinch that," Woodman said.

"He was conscionable happy for maine and for maine to shingle his manus aft nan game, realising I felt for illustration I'd done nan champion I can, is simply a bully moment."

With Alisson still retired pinch a hamstring wounded and Mamardashvili facing a spell connected nan sidelines, Woodman looks group to play against his boyhood nine Crystal Palace astatine Anfield this weekend.

"It would beryllium unreal, incredible, to get different crippled successful nan Premier League and for Liverpool," he said.

"I grew up supporting Palace, I was a shot boy location and played against them successful nan Carabao Cup [this season]. I want Giorgi to beryllium good and past Ali, nan champion goalkeeper successful nan world, to travel backmost fit.

"We'll spot what happens connected Saturday. I will conscionable spell astir my worldly this week and hole arsenic if I americium playing."

Woodman's top-flight debut for Liverpool capped a superb play for his family, pinch his begetter Andy - a erstwhile goalkeeper, who now manages Bromley - celebrating promotion to League One for nan first clip successful nine history connected Saturday.

"I was really enjoying this Merseyside derby astatine nan caller stadium and past I was chucked into it astatine nan heavy end, truthful it was a bully play for [my] family," Woodman said.

"Yeah, it was a small nerve-racking. But nan nerves substance you to want to do good and not to fto group down.

"You travel connected and you deliberation astir nan 8 months that person gone past wherever you've worked each time for this 1 moment. When you're called upon, you conscionable want to beryllium reliable.

"That's what it feels for illustration and to beryllium honest, I was happy to get complete nan statement but past to triumph it nan measurement we did [with Van Dijk's 100th-minute header] was incredible."