Mamadou Sakho believes Liverpool fans have forgiven him for his Merseyside derby walk-out earlier this season.
Sakho, 25, incurred the wrath of Liverpool supporters after storming out of Anfield having learned he was not in Brendan Rodgers' 18-man matchday squad for September's 1-1 Premier League draw with neighbours Everton.
However, after suffering a spate of injuries, the France international centre-back has started Liverpool's last two Premier League matches, and believes his return to favour with Rodgers is mirrored by a similar reconciliation with the fans.
Asked if the incident had been forgotten, Sakho replied in L'Equipe: "Definitively. I apologised, it's in the past. You know, in England, the fans weren't angry with me. It's especially in France that it was talked about negatively."
Arriving on Merseyside from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2013, Sakho played 18 Premier League games in his maiden campaign, and though Dejan Lovren added competition for places in central defence last summer, the PSG youth academy product remains integral to Rodgers' plans.
The defender, who could feature for France in their friendlies with Brazil and Denmark this week, believes the hurly-burly of the Premier League is perhaps better suited to his qualities than Ligue 1.
"I try to improve all aspects of my game but, in England, the media are more interested in stats and there are qualities that I had at Paris which are brought to the fore more in the Premier League," Sakho said.
He said, though, that he had initially struggled with the language after moving across the Channel.
"I'm a man of character so, when I can't express myself, I'm very frustrated, and if I don't manage to make myself understood, it's even worse," he said. "Some people told me to speak in French as that would allow me to loosen up a bit. Except that when I spoke in French on the pitch, for repositioning and things like that, no one understood, so I said to myself, 'No, it's pointless. I really have to learn.' It took some time, but today, it's very good."