NO MOR STICK!

ALBERTO MORENO reckons it’s time for the critics who wrote him off as a Liverpool flop to shut their mouths. The Spanish full-back looked to be on his way out of Anfield this summer after a season spent mainly on the bench. But Moreno has responded to Jurgen Klopp’s challenge to fight for his place – and he believes he is winning the fight. Moreno, a £12million recruit from Sevilla three years ago, said: “I am very, very happy personally with the way things are going. “Things were bad over the summer. The word was that I would be leaving. “However, at no point did I agree with those claims. I wanted to stay and fight for my place and that is the mindset I had when I came back for pre-season. It is a club I love. So I think the people who were saying I should leave should shut their mouths now. “Last season, I spent a whole year pretty much without playing many games. When I returned for pre-season I told the manager I wanted to stay. I asked him to be honest with me. He was very sincere when he said, ‘look, I can’t promise you a place in the side and I am signing a new left-back’. “Then Andy Robertson came to the club, but the manager encouraged me to keep working and see how things go and that is what I did.”