Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he's 'never been in doubt' about the leadership qualities of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita - despite them not being the most vocal members of the squad.
Both Keita and Salah are captains of their respective national teams and the latter will captain Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations final against Senegal this evening.
Mane has also been integral for his nation this tournament and registered a goal and an assist against Burkina Faso earlier in the week to secure their spot in the final showpiece.
At Anfield, though, it is the likes of Jordan Henderson, James MIlner and Andy Robertson that lead the way and often give the pre-match pep-talks.
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"Experienced players are very influential, absolutely, but we have to make a difference," Klopp said, speaking about the dressing room dynamics.
"I have my meeting and stuff like this but the ‘pep-talk’ before the game, Milly, Hendo, Robbo and some others are more vocal before the last few minutes.
"As a non-native speaker, I am not very vocal because it does not make sense as in this moment each word has to hit the nail. My English is getting better and it is the same for Sadio and Mo obviously.
"I saw a lot of leadership skills from Naby. It took a while until Naby spoke good enough English to understand us all but I think this is really good.
"Now they are there in their home language, are the most important players and the best players for their countries and they take the role. That’s impressive.
"I was never in doubt that they have leadership skills, definitely, but we have different groups and they have different things to do in the different groups and there they will obviously wear the hat and fulfil that role pretty impressively."
Despite being some of Liverpool's most influential players, none are part of the club's leadership group, headed by Henderson.
Trent Alexander-Arnold, Robertson and Alisson Becker were the players voted in at the start of the season to serve alongside the captain and vice captain, as well as Virgil van Dijk.
