Milner claims one Liverpool player was "outstanding" against Brighton as "desperate" aim revealed

James Milner says Liverpool teammates Cody Gakpo is "desperate" score his first goal for his new club after a slow start to his Anfield career.

He has found goals much harder to come by since arriving in English football.

The versatile forward, who can play out wide or through the middle, is yet to score in his first five appearances for Liverpool.

Milner: Gakpo was 'outstanding' against Brighton

Milner was impressed by Gakpo against Brighton and believes it is only a matter of time before the Dutch forward gets off the mark.

"At Brighton, I thought Cody was outstanding. He's obviously desperate to get on the scoresheet, but I thought his performance in the game was outstanding.

"It's important that doesn't get lost because, if you're not acknowledging the good things you're doing, it's going to be hard to get the momentum and the confidence to get on a roll."

Liverpool face Wolves away from home in the Premier League on Saturday, the third time the two teams have met in recent weeks.

Liverpool battled to a 2-2 draw with Wolves in the third round of the FA Cup at Anfield in January, before winning 1-0 away at Molineux in the replay later that month.

Milner is expecting another tight match this weekend and has called on his teammates to grind out a much-needed victory, with Liverpool currently 10 points off the Champions League places.

"It's down to us put in a good performance, a fighting performance," he said.

"Wolves will give us a tough test. We've experienced that pretty recently, it's never an easy place to play. It's a good atmosphere to play in and the fans get behind their team.

"Hopefully we can play well and create lots of chances. But sometimes, when things aren't going quite so well, the best performances are when you dig in, keep a clean sheet and get an ugly away win. That can give you so much."