Lallana: That's our never-say-die attitude
Adam Lallana has praised his teammates' attitude after 10-man Liverpool claimed a last-gasp win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday.
The Reds found themselves a man and a goal down with half an hour still to play after James Milner received a second yellow card to compound the disappointment of Joe Ledley's opener for the hosts.
But they responded in fine style, with Roberto Firmino levelling things up 10 minutes after the No.7 received his marching orders to put the visitors on top in the closing stages.
Jürgen Klopp's team saw their patience rewarded when Christian Benteke was brought down by Damien Delaney in the box and subsequently converted the penalty to win the game, and Lallana believes he and his colleagues got no more than they deserved.
"That's our never-say-die attitude," he told the Liverpool Echo.
"We stuck at it and showed character.
"It was strange going down to 10 men because it almost took the reins off us. We played with a bit more freedom and confidence after that.
"Phil [Coutinho] came on and was brilliant. He gave us that extra bit of quality that we needed to get ourselves back in the game. In the last 20 minutes we were outstanding."
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Liverpool have bounced back from defeat in the Capital One Cup final late last month to win their last two Barclays Premier League outings.
And Lallana believes those results, and the nature of the win at Palace in particular, provide further evidence of the togetherness and belief within the squad.
"It's been a big response," he added.
"We all felt so disappointed after what happened in the final but we needed to put it behind us.
"We said before the game that victory here would be even bigger than beating Man City on Wednesday night.
"To win in the last minute says a lot about this team. We've had some bad defeats to Palace, not only here but at Anfield as well, so we owed them one."
The No.20 also had kind words for match-winner Benteke, who netted his first goal of 2016 to cap a game-changing performance off the bench.
"I was delighted for Christian," he continued.
"He's been working extremely hard lately to try to get back in the team.
"He's a top striker. He has proved himself in the Premier League. Sometimes you go through barren spells, we've all had them.
"He showed great composure to score after being brought down for the penalty. It was ice-cool the way he put it away.
"It's a massive moment for Christian and the team. I'm sure he'll push on from this now."