Liverpool's Danny Ings has vowed to return quickly from a partially ruptured cruciate ligament injury and to impress new manager Jurgen Klopp once he's back in action.
The 23-year-old suffered the injury on Wednesday at the club's Melwood training ground, and Ings told The Telegraph he didn't think anything was wrong at first.
"I was coming from the centre of the pitch to the left-hand side running full tilt," Ings said. "I received the ball on the inside of my right foot and as I came inside pressing off my left it got caught in an awkward position.
"I went and sat down. We had tests on it and it was perfectly fine, the wobble test [used to detect cruciate ruptures] -- everything was fine."
Ings said his one concern was a minor "click" he could hear while walking off the training pitch. It was only after an MRI on the knee, that the partial rupture was confirmed.
"I have had surgery on this knee before but it was an injury that was completely different, that was a repair of my meniscus," Ings said. "This is something completely different.
"The MRI showed it was an isolated ACL partial rupture. The only positive thing is that everything around it, the meniscus, all the other ligaments are fine so hopefully that will shorten the timescale when I return."
The newly-minted Liverpool player, who made a summer transfer from Burnley after his contract expired, said he is upbeat about returning to fitness and that he hopes his attitude during recovery will show his new manager what type of player he is.
"As modern-day professionals it all comes down to how you perform on the pitch," Ings said. "But you can't perform on the pitch unless you are doing all the stuff off it in the correct manner, especially at this level.
"The only way I can get in his [Klopp's] thoughts and show him what a good professional I am is the way I am in the gym or by being positive around the lads.
"Sometimes negativity can rub off on players and I don't want to affect their performance. When you are injured you have to keep a positive mindset and keep moving forward.
"I think it is important not to get too down. There will be a few down days when I am not feeling myself and I am gutted I cannot be out with the team. But I am trying to stay as positive as I can be."
Ings admitted the injury was a setback, especially after finding regular minutes with Liverpool so quickly this campaign and after making his England international debut, an achievement he called "massive."
However, Ings added that he'd been through these injury challenges before and believes he'll only come back stronger mentally and physically.
"I am experienced enough in my career to know it is not the end," said Ings. "These things do happen and it can be cruel but for me it is part of the game and this is when footballers really, really earn their money.
"To go in earlier than everyone else and come home later than everyone else. To work as hard as you can and come back better. I have always done that. Any injury I have had, I have come back stronger."
Klopp was reluctant to talk about Ings or any other injured players at his first news conference ahead of his first match as Liverpool manager, with the team travelling to north London for a date with Tottenham Saturday.
"As a manager, one of the things I learnt first you do not think about the players who are not available at this moment, because there is no chance to get lucky if you do this all of the time," Klopp said.
"Football is a fantastic game, but it doesn't work without fault. Never in history is there football without fault. You must be prepared for problems. We need each other's help."