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Joel Matip admitted it was part and parcel of being a Liverpool player to face so much in the way of competition for places in the starting lineup. As such, the Cameroonian appears to bear no grudges against Jurgen Klopp or any of the club’s decision-makers, stating it’s ‘normal’ to find himself on the bench for long periods of time. “At a club like Liverpool, competition is part of the game. Of course I’m happy that I managed to hold my own for such a long time,” the ex-Schalke man told Sky Deutschland (via . “Of course, you have to show something every now and then – otherwise you won’t have the opportunity to stay that long. “We have so much quality and so many games that you inevitably end up on the bench – that’s normal.

Liverpool’s Joel Matip at the Molineux – (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)