Rhys Williams nervous about being called by Klopp

Following the injury storm that hit the

, they were forced to use players from their academy, and

was one of those academy players who joined the senior team.

He has made 13 appearances for Liverpool since joining the first squad in September 2020.

Now the young player has talked about his experience of meeting Jurgen Klopp in private and the stress he has experienced when being called by the German manager.

“I'd probably say the captain or maybe Virg [are the most active in the WhatsApp group chat].”

Williams told

.

“Obviously [Van Dijk] has not been playing with his injury, so before every game he is wishing all the boys good luck and stuff like that.

“And the skipper [Jordan Henderson] is the one who is always replying first.

“There was one [message] recently [from Klopp] - 'can you come and see me please.'

“I was scared!

“But it was just to discuss some stuff that I could do better in games, so it was nothing to be worried about. But I was nervous.”

Williams has raised expectations with his impressive performances in the defensive line, with the team’s stars being sidelined with long-term injuries. He made his first Premier League appearance against Tottenham, which could be a really hard situation considering his position.

Here is what he has said about facing Tottenham:

“I was nervous because I wasn't starting at first, I was on the bench. And then Joel Matip was meant to play.

“He had a problem with his back, so the boss and the first-team coach come to me and said 'be ready because you are starting, Joel has failed his fitness test.'

“So that was say five or six hours before training and I had to get my head together because that was my first game in the Premier League with [Harry] Kane and [Heung-min] Son up top.

“I was nervous but the boys helped me through it.”

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