Liverpool's depth pushing players to perform - Milner


Britain Football Soccer - Liverpool v Hull City - Premier League - Anfield - 24/9/16 Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp talks to James Milner Reuters / Eddie Keogh/ Livepic

(Reuters) - Liverpool's strength in depth has driven the players to push harder for first-team places in the knowledge that manager Juergen Klopp will not hesitate to drop underperformers, according to James Milner.

Milner, who has been deployed in a defensive role this season under Klopp, converted two penalties as the Merseyside club thrashed 10-man Hull City 5-1 at Anfield on Saturday.

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