Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says he's been happy with the contribution of Wataru Endo.
The summer arrival from Stuttgart has filled-in admirably when needed so far this season.
Klopp said, Wataru was for us all the time very important. That's again another part of football: you line up an XI, they play well and then you think the others don't do well. That's not true.
Wataru makes steps every day and that's important. We had stories like this in the past. This year it looks a little bit different, that players maybe fit in a bit quicker, but we had stories: Andy Robertson didn't play for half a year, nobody can remember it anymore but it was like that.
Other players as well had their struggles in the beginning. That's all fine. He didn't even struggle, we played pretty good, successful and he is super-important for us.
He played a lot of games. If he plays all the games, you say, 'He is not starting in the Premier League.' It's nothing to do with the Premier League or whatever, it's a little bit rhythm. But he will definitely start games in the Premier League, 100 per cent.
And now it's just important that we get through this period until the international break and then after especially with as little injuries as possible, because the games are coming thick and fast, it's crazy how many we have to play. We need them all and you will see them all.
We are together for a while, we are much better used to each other than we were, things going in the right direction. We are not there yet, we are not as stable as I wish, but that's normal as well. All fine."