Liverpool defender Alberto Moreno said he felt an inner "rage" while he was left on the bench by Brendan Rodgers, but he feels he has the complete trust of new manager Jurgen Klopp.

Rodgers elected to start summer signing Joe Gomez at left-back for the first five games of the campaign, and despite a strong showing at wing-back in the Europa League game at Bordeaux, Moreno had to wait on the bench.

But Gomez has since suffered a knee injury and Rodgers has been replaced by Klopp, giving Moreno the time on the pitch he desires.

Moreno detailed his feeling towards Rodgers, saying: "I perhaps felt that he didn't have quite so much confidence in me, certainly at the start of the season.

"He told me I was training hard but then I didn't feature for those first five games. He said to me that it was still early in the season and that my opportunity would come but after the first game against Stoke, when we kept a clean sheet, he said he wasn't going to change anything defensively at that point. But he did say the chance would come.

Alberto Moreno has seen his playing time increase under Jurgen Klopp. Michael Regan/Getty Images

"It never entered my head that I was going to leave, I am staying here, that is for sure, but I was angry when I was out the team. I had this inner anger, a rage almost. I felt I was playing well, training well. He told me that I was training well but I couldn't see why I wasn't getting a chance at the beginning of the season."

Moreno shone in last Sunday's draw against Southampton, and he said he's fully behind the new manager at Anfield.

"I don't know why I've improved to tell you the truth, it is hard to explain," the full-back said. "I just get the impression [from Klopp] that he really feels the game. He has a huge passion for the game, which I think I do. He wants you to express yourself on the field. He wants you to offer not 100 percent but 200 percent when you are performing and I think I offer that. It fits in with me.

"He talks with me a lot. I feel he trusts me. He spends a lot of time with me. He really wants me to learn English as quickly as possible so he can get his ideas over. I have to brush up on my English! At the moment Lucas Leiva is acting as the translator for me. I am studying English for one or two hours a day four times a week but it's a bit boring.