Jurgen Klopp insists Andy Robertson remains part of his Liverpool plans.
Robertson has made just three senior appearances for the Reds this season since securing an £8 million move from Hull City during the summer.
The Scotland international was expected to succeed Alberto Moreno at left-back but the Spaniard’s surprise renaissance has limited his opportunities.
However Klopp maintains that Robertson still has a role to play and pointed to Moreno as a possible example to use in his own Anfield journey.
He said: “It’s the exact same situation for Andy Robertson.
“People will say ‘why do you do that? Because he is here and not playing?’ – because he has to learn.
“But there is no problem. We are in conversation, talk about it and he has to improve.
“As long as the other players are doing like this. Alberto is like a little machine, he never shows when he is tired and stuff like this.
“Andrew has had a little less rhythm, so you think now, okay, he will have a game with the national team and come back.
“We will have a little internal game then and that’s good for Andy, so he’s on a good way, a really good way.
“It’s going well apart from maybe he is not happy he cannot start so often as he would have thought from the beginning.
“But it’s all about improvement and then to be ready for the moment you are used.”