Curtis Jones says he is ready to play any position on the pitch after starting at right-back in Wednesday’s 1-0 Merseyside Derby win over Everton, Afrosport reports.
The 24-year-old English midfielder played right-back from start to finish as the Reds ended the Toffees’ nine-game unbeaten run in the Premier League to remain 12 clear at the top.
Jones deputised at right-back, with preferred options Trent Alexander-Arnold and Conor Bradley currently sidelined with an ankle and tigh injury respectively.
“It was just one of those things I say all the time – at the end of the day, I’m a footballer,” he said.
“Of course I want to play eight or 10 – or false nine or off the left or anything like that – [but] I just want to go and play and help the team as much as I can.
“As I said, of course I want to play eight or 10 or even six but there are lads in there who are doing a fantastic job so I’ve just got to wait for my chance. Of course I back myself all the time but at the end of the day it is the choice of the manager and his staff, and he knows what he thinks is best for the team. I respect that and I just always wait until he needs me.”
He added: “They were going long all the time so I was finding myself at the back a lot, at the back post, and I was clearing things, I was stopping shots and crosses and things like that.
“That’s part of the game and part of a right-back as well. He has trusted me in there so I have to do a job.”
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Curtis Jones has played 38 times in all competitions this season, scoring three goals and providing seven assists.
