Interview: Curtis Jones eager for first Merseyside derby outing at Goodison

Liverpool are looking to build on Sunday's impressive 3-1 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage, a result that kept Jürgen Klopp's men firmly in the hunt for the Premier League title.

"It didn't change the mood," Jones said. "I think the mood has always been good but we had a hard run, of course, everyone knows [that]. But it didn't change the mood in the camp at all.

"The lads were happy. We still have our goals and the position that we're in is still fine. It wasn't just a win; I thought the team played well. It's a performance and a win we can build on."

I feel good. It's been hard. It's always going to be hard; I was out for seven weeks. I've come back around the team. I'm not up to full scratch yet but I will be soon. I'm enjoying it and I'm happy I'm back around the team. There are plenty of games still to play, so every chance that I get I'll always try to give 100 percent for the team. I'm happy.

Yeah, of course I do. I feel that that's something that's been brought into our team. You see teams and get around teams and see lads that are in the starting team and they're happy and bubbly and stuff. But then as soon as they're out of it their heads are down. But I feel that it's good in our team, because I feel it's more of a family thing in a sense of lads who don't play, they're always around the team. They're always there at the stadium. They're always there to support the lads and that's including the lads who have been out of the squad as well.

The lads who are not going to play or not going to start, they could come on the pitch and play a role, and I think that's showed in the season. The number of times the subs have come off the bench and changed the game [and] scored goals that have won the game or assisted the