I signed for Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool weeks after having the worst game of my career against them

Steven Caulker secured a shock move to Liverpool just weeks after being beaten 6-1 by Southampton.

The defendernow player-coach of Spanish non-league club Málaga City, he sealed the loan move to the Reds midway through the 2015/16 season.

Caulker initially played for Southampton on loan from Queens Park Rangers before moving to Anfield.

During their final weeks at St Mary's, they were beaten 6-1 at home against Liverpool in the League Cup, a match Caulker considered the worst of his career.

Appearing on talkSPORT Drive to talk about his move to Jurgen Klopp Rojos said: “I'm not sure he really knew me when I signed, whether I was his signing or the club's signing, I'm not sure.”

And speaking of his previous experience against Liverpool, he added: “It's actually really interesting… I played for Southampton against Liverpool.

“I had, officially, the worst game of my career. We lost 6-1 and two months later I signed for Liverpool. So I don't know how that happened, I still don't know to this day, but it happened.

“Two days later, I was up front against Arsenal at Anfield. We got the late equalizer… not my fault, but hey, I did my part, I was on the pitch, but it was unbelievable.”

Klopp opted to put Caulker up front despite his defensive capabilities, but it was still a great moment to savor as he provided an assist for Joe Allen's late goal in a 3-3 draw.

“I was ecstatic to be honest,” he told talkSPORT.com. “Firstly, making my debut at Anfield was a great moment, but when they told me I would be playing up front it was a bit surreal.

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“This sums him up as a coach in the sense that he is willing to take risks, you can see at the moment that he is prepared to put in young players.

“He believes in the team he has, he believes in you and you feel the belief that is important, it's not just words with him, you really believe it.

“It was a great experience and I'm grateful to have had those minutes in attack and to have got the draw against Arsenal. What a moment.”

Caulker joined Liverpool three months after Klopp's arrival, and the German has since earned the highest possible honor at Anfield.

The centre-back was asked if he could say what the Reds manager was going to achieve, and he replied: “Honestly, I'm not just saying this, but you could do it.

“You could really tell that from the work they were doing day in and day out and the progress the team was making, it was honestly becoming pretty evident that they were going to be successful.

“In training, I was often in the second eleven, you have the starting eleven and I was in the substitutes and it was getting more and more difficult to play, the pressure was getting better. Honestly, it was becoming clear that they were going to become a superior, superior team.”