Liverpool defender Matip: Jota forcing everyone to lift standards again | OneFootball

Liverpool defender Joel Matip has hailed the impact if Diogo Jota since his arrival from Wolves.

Jota's "extra quality" has helped make training even more challenging for Liverpool's defenders, Matip has revealed.

"He brought extra quality but we have a lot of quality in our team," the defender said.

"Every training is a challenge, especially for a defender, and you can improve. It's a challenge you enjoy, to play against the best players, even in training.

"It helps everybody to be the best and improve. I think this is the way we've been going the last few years and it's been going good so far."

Matip added: "I always try to play my part and try to be the best player I can be. If I can help some players at the moment more then, of course, I would really like to do this.

"But we have a team with a lot of great players and everybody tries to help each other. If I can step in and help more then I would be really thankful for this."