BRAD Jones has promised to give City his best shot every day – after learning from the likes of Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez never to slack off.

The Australian keeper was limited to only 27 appearances in five years at Liverpool as back-up to Pepe Reina and Simon Mignolet.

But working with the top names at Anfield drummed into him the importance of pushing yourself each day in training – even if you weren't in the team.

That is a trait that the 33-year-old intends to keep following during his time at Valley Parade.

Jones, set to play his second City game against Peterborough this afternoon, said: "You never saw the likes of Gerrard and Suarez take their foot off the gas.

"The professionalism was just natural. It was a normal instinct to push on every single day.

"Because the top players are doing it, every player is expected to do it, which is brilliant because you never have an easy day. It's not accepted to coast with those players around.

"One thing that used to frustrate me previously was going in to training and you'd have players that didn't fancy it on a Monday or Tuesday.

"As a goalkeeper, you're inevitably the one that cops it if you're on their team because they aren't bothered.

"You need that self-drive, especially at that level. If you don't have it, you'll just be gone.

"I think that showed with a few players that came and went (at Liverpool) within a year. They just weren't mentally ready for that type of training and the drive that was needed.

"But seeing that level of professionalism from such top players is something that stuck with me and I'd like to think that now I push other players to do the same."

Jones played 15 times in 2012-13 but did not feature at all in the Premier League the following season. His last run in the Liverpool team in December was cut short by a thigh injury.

He said: "I didn't play as often as I wanted to but you've got to understand that Liverpool are a huge club and can literally go and buy anyone. I learned a lot in those five years.

"I always prepared as if I was going to play and I was still disappointed every time I wasn't picked – as stupid as that sounds, because it was almost every week.

"But I had the drive to push myself on and growing up as a Liverpool fan there was that little bit more to get you going to try and achieve something at the club."

Jones, who cost Liverpool £2.3million from Middlesbrough in 2010, does not see any added pressure in League One because of his recent past.

"As a goalkeeper, the spotlight's always going to be on you when the ball's around," he said.

"People want to pick holes in a goalkeeper's work all the time, which does my head in when I'm listening to commentators on the telly.

"I've been on loan when I was younger so I've played this level. I knew what I was coming to but part of the draw was the size of the club.

"There were quite a few things come into the equation but for me it was all about playing games and getting back on the pitch.

"I want to be at a team competing at the top, rather than going somewhere fighting off relegation. I'd like to see what we can do here."

Jones had to wait before getting his first chance against Sheffield United. Ben Williams, who had vowed to keep him out, lost the starting slot after his mistake at Fleetwood.

Jones feels the pair are working well together and is sympathetic over his rival's error, saying: "Things like that can happen. It's the nature of the beast being a goalkeeper.

"When something goes wrong, it generally ends up with the finger being pointed at the keeper. That's life.

"But Ben and Joe (Cracknell) have been great. There is that camaraderie when you train together every day.

"Ben and I are a similar age, we've been about and know what happens. We're both working hard and pushing each other and hopefully whoever is in goal can do the job."