Liverpool hero Gary Gillespie is convinced by the quality of Simon Mignolet.

The Belgian has fought back from being dropped in December.

Gillespie told the Daily Star: "Against Aston Villa, Simon produced a brilliant stop from Christian Benteke when it was still one-nil.

"He denied Seamus Coleman late on in the derby and his save from Erik Lamela in the win over Spurs was top-class.

"Keepers can never get everything 100 per cent right.

"So they need to be thick-skinned and I think Simon is.

"He's done very well recently and he has been a major part of why the team has enjoyed good form lately."