Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel accepts that his current absence from Rafa Benitez's first-choice line-up is part of being a footballer, but he is still targeting a return to the heart of the Reds' defence soon.
"When one player plays, another one is on the bench - that's football," he told his club's official website.
"That is the situation for me at the moment, but in my position we have four players.
"It is good to have competition for places because the season is very long, there are a lot of games. You need a lot of players in the squad to cover every position.
"I have played in the past, and now Daniel [Agger] is playing with Carra [Jamie Carragher]. That is a normal situation, so I will keep working hard in training and wait for my chance."
Liverpool go to Ewood Park on Saturday to face a Blackburn Rovers team energised by their League Cup quarter-final victory over Chelsea in midweek. Skrtel is anticipating a stern physical test.
"Blackburn are a team who like to play physical football with a lot of long balls and tackling," he said.
"It will be a difficult match, but if we play our game, try to keep the ball and score early, I think we will be okay.
"We have to play our game and focus on ourselves - not Blackburn.
"It's very important because it's the Premier League and we have to try to win every game.
"We've had some bad results so far this season, so we need to change that and every game is very important for us."
The Reds did manage to beat Everton at Goodison Park last week and Skrtel is keen to build on that momentum after the team's recent slump.
"We were very happy after the Everton game because it was a very important match for us. We won, so it was perfect," he added.
"We'll see if it changes our season, but it's given us a boost in confidence.
"After the Debrecen game we were very down because we were knocked out of the Champions League.
"Now we have won two games in a row, our confidence is increasing and I hope it continues."
"When one player plays, another one is on the bench - that's football," he told his club's official website.
"That is the situation for me at the moment, but in my position we have four players.
"It is good to have competition for places because the season is very long, there are a lot of games. You need a lot of players in the squad to cover every position.
"I have played in the past, and now Daniel [Agger] is playing with Carra [Jamie Carragher]. That is a normal situation, so I will keep working hard in training and wait for my chance."
Liverpool go to Ewood Park on Saturday to face a Blackburn Rovers team energised by their League Cup quarter-final victory over Chelsea in midweek. Skrtel is anticipating a stern physical test.
"Blackburn are a team who like to play physical football with a lot of long balls and tackling," he said.
"It will be a difficult match, but if we play our game, try to keep the ball and score early, I think we will be okay.
"We have to play our game and focus on ourselves - not Blackburn.
"It's very important because it's the Premier League and we have to try to win every game.
"We've had some bad results so far this season, so we need to change that and every game is very important for us."
The Reds did manage to beat Everton at Goodison Park last week and Skrtel is keen to build on that momentum after the team's recent slump.
"We were very happy after the Everton game because it was a very important match for us. We won, so it was perfect," he added.
"We'll see if it changes our season, but it's given us a boost in confidence.
"After the Debrecen game we were very down because we were knocked out of the Champions League.
"Now we have won two games in a row, our confidence is increasing and I hope it continues."
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