The Belgium international has provided back-up to Alisson Becker - an ever-present in the Premier League and Champions League this season - since last summer.
It’s a role Mignolet, now in his sixth campaign with the Reds, accepts with natural reluctance but also sees as an opportunity to push Alisson and thereby help the team’s aspirations at home and abroad.
“I’ve said before that I don’t want to be sat on the bench,” he told the Liverpool Echo.
“I’ll be 31 in March. Of course I want to play but in certain circumstances you have to accept the situation you are in.