Liverpool midfielder Fabinho says he has been watching Fabinho and Frenkie De Jong to improve as a holding midfielder.

The 31-year-old has transitioned into a deeper role under Jurgen Klopp this season.

"You get a couple of the lads joking about it, but that shows that you play that role quite well," he told The Times .

"I'm still waiting to get a chance there. That may, or may not, come, but it definitely interests me.

"I find it very stimulating because I get more of the ball than I have ever had in my career before. Sometimes as a No. 8 you are making decoy runs, or you are offering and you don't get the ball.

"I have not gone into it too deeply. Jordan [Henderson] told me I need to watch [Barcelona's] Frenkie de Jong. The way he plays it, he kind of dribbles a little bit more than other sixes would, which obviously brings a bit of risk but that is in my game.

"I do watch the six more so now than what the eight does because I know that reasonably well. What are their movements like?

"I've found myself focusing on Fabinho a little bit in our first games and he has played it outstandingly well."