Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren has told The Times that he feels he is targeted for unfair criticism.
Lovren made high-profile errors in defeats to Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, but has had a solid season other than that. He believes, however, that pundits are always looking for the next mistake rather than praising him when he does play well.
"Everyone makes mistakes, but I play one bad game in 18 and everyone says, 'Look, look, look.' Why? I don't deserve that," Lovren said. "People don't see me in the 'small' games. They see 5-0 against Porto but nobody sees my part.
"It's a challenge. A personality challenge. After a mistake, are you ready to move on? I did it straightaway after Spurs when I was in that record of 18 games unbeaten. Big players don't need six or seven games; big players in the next game prove you wrong.
"But some people don't care about that Dejan. They're just searching for the next mistake."
He added: "You know maybe, it's sometimes just that my self-confidence disappears in some moments. And he [manager Jurgen Klopp] believes in me, you know? And I believe in him.
"Sometimes, I'm a person who thinks 'Ah, I'm really good.' But other times I think, 'Ah, I did that. I'm not good enough.'
"He says always be level, but it's difficult. You have sometimes self-confidence, sometimes not; sometimes good moods, sometimes not."