Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones says Sunday's Merseyside derby win against Everton was the "cherry on the cake" after a challenging season for the Reds. "I don't think it's been a difficult few weeks, I'd say it's been a difficult year," Jones told BBC Radio Merseyside after the match. "It's been up-and-down the whole time and I think now we're at the point where this game doesn't just mean yeah, 'we'll find our feet now and be back on track and we'll smash every team', no - we have to go again.

"We have to play exactly the same way and with the same mind frame; run the same, press the same and do all those things the same. If we can come away from a game like this with points then we know we can do that in every other game because we know what this means to the fans and the city."Captain Virgil van Dijk's 100th-minute winner at Hill Dickinson Stadium helped stabilise Liverpool in the fifth Champions League spot, as they moved seven points ahead of chasers Chelsea, Brentford and Bournemouth.But Jones said he missed the goal as he was too preoccupied with Everton supporters."I didn't see it.

I was having a little bit of a back-and-forth with the fans and then I've heard a big roar and seen Virg and them run so, I've obviously seen it's a goal and I've just laughed at the fans. It was great - a great day and I'm happy."From my side [it was polite], I'm just a lad who wants to go and play and play with a smile on my face. I'm playing for my boyhood club and I expect to come here and get stick, it's part of it.

I just smile and I understand it's part of the game, I've had it all my life. "There's been times I've been told I'm not good enough and I should leave but there's a reason why I'm still here."Their fans don't affect me, I just smile and the cherry on the cake is that we go on and win, especially at the end there."Click play above to hear the full chat or listen on BBC Sounds hereExplore more Liverpool content on BBC Sounds