Loris Karius insists he never lost confidence in his abilities despite a difficult start to his Liverpool career that saw him dropped from the team.
Karius, 23, lost the No. 1 jersey to Simon Mignolet in December after a number of high-profile errors against Bournemouth and West Ham United -- games in which Liverpool dropped crucial points in the Premier League title race.
The summer signing from Mainz has since been restricted to outings in cup competitions, but proved his worth with a brilliant performance in the 1-0 EFL Cup semifinal first-leg defeat at Southampton last week.
Karius will get another opportunity to catch the eye of Reds manager Jurgen Klopp in Wednesday night's FA Cup third-round replay at Plymouth Argyle.
"Now I'm back playing at my normal standard. I'm not surprised that I can play like this, because that's my aim and what I expect from myself," Karius told the club's official website.
"I wasn't really surprised or 'buzzing' about it or whatever. That's just what I expect. I take that with me and go on in the next games. I'll try to keep up these performances and help the team when they need me. I didn't need one save to lift my confidence. I'm always confident in my abilities, even when you have a bad game.
"You don't question everything you have ever done before, that's not how it works and would be too much thinking. Of course, it's always good to get some saves but nothing to do with getting confidence back."
Karius insists his demotion has increased the importance of his performances in training.
The keeper hopes the work done at the club's Melwood training complex can lead to him winning back the starting spot.
"You don't have any other choice -- if you don't play, the training is all you have," he added. "Maybe then there's even more focus on it, because you have more sessions as well when you're not involved in the game.
"Of course, I would rather be on the field at the weekends, but if that's not how it is you have to do your best in training. But I always try my best in training, because it's for yourself and improves you.
"It's not about showing everyone that I can do -- training is for me to get better. That's how it should be, training well and trying to improve as a young player."