Interview'Just stay ready' - Jarell Quansah talks mindset and learning after Liverpool's 5-0 win at West Ham

The centre-back produced an assured display after being unexpectedly thrust into the action in the first half of Sunday’s 5-0 rout of West Ham United, with Joe Gomez being forced off due to injury.

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Goals from Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Diogo Jota earned a comprehensive away victory for the Premier League leaders.

Post-match at London Stadium, Liverpoolfc.com caught up with Quansah. Read our interview in full below.

On the team’s performance…

It’s five goals and a clean sheet: I don’t think you can ask for much more, especially away from home against a tough team. So, it was a good performance and a good way to finish off the year.

On what it’s like to come into a game when the side are playing so well…

I think it’s what you do before the game. It’s the training we’ve put in and just [about] trying to feel as confident as you can coming onto the pitch really and knowing that you are ready. I think the coaching staff have done a great job of helping us with that – obviously I’ve not played too many minutes but just being ready and knowing that I am ready will always put me in good stead.

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On what he works on to make sure he is ready…

It’s tireless work. It’s hard, to be honest. Obviously you are training a lot, you are running a lot [post-match], but yeah, it’s just trying to keep your body ready and training good habits. That’s what you’ve got to do: just stay ready.

On there being no let-up in a relentless team performance…

I feel like we’ve learned a lot from the Spurs game as well. I think it shows learning because we were in a similar position against them and maybe we let them creep back into the game a little bit, and today I think we wanted to show that we are capable of seeing out games and seeing it [out] in a dominant way.

On being ready for a big occasion if selected against Manchester United on Sunday…

It’s such a massive game but I just see it as another game we need to win and anything I can do to help the team, if I’m asked to do so, then I’m ready.

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