Adam Lallana ready to kick on at Liverpool after Old Trafford cameo

Adam Lallana is confident of providing more big moments this season after scoring Liverpools late leveller at arch rivals Manchester United.Sunday saw Jurgen Klopps men fail to win a Premier League match for the first time since March, but it was shaping up to be a whole lot worse thanks to Marcus Rashfords contentious first-half effort at Old Trafford.But Liverpool dug deep, pushed on and eked out an equaliser, with substitute Lallana ghosting in at the far post to seal a late 1-1 draw.The 31-year-olds celebrations were an outpouring of relief as much as elation after a frustrating, injury-impacted stint, which may have restricted his game time but not his self-belief. View this post on Instagram #YNWAA post shared by Adam Lallana (@officiallallana) on Oct 20, 2019 at 11:51am PDTIm delighted, Lallana told the PA news agency. Its obviously nice to contribute.Listen, obviously I feel like Ive been fit for a good year now, especially since coming back from pre-season.But were European champions, weve got a top squad, so Ive had to be patient for my chance but delighted to come on and make an impact like that.Its obviously nice to be able to contribute to a top team like this. I feel thats the first of big moments me for this season.Still unbeaten in the @premierleague, Reds pic.twitter.com/IN4pvXfvpN Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 20, 2019Lallana made his fourth substitute league appearance of the campaign on Sunday, with his only start to date coming in last months Carabao Cup triumph at MK Dons.But Lallanas drive to make an impact at Anfield is undiminished, with the attacking midfielder confident that this can be a big season for him.Of course, yeah, he said. Its a long old season.Weve got the World Club Cup to come. Weve got the Carabao Cup next week, the Champions League this week, the Premier League at the weekend.BIG moment @officialAL20's late equaliser at Old Trafford pic.twitter.com/7wQZd3795a Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 20, 2019Just because Ive not started any of the first nine games, I dont think that means I am not going to play a big part in this team. Footballs a funny game.I think the last couple of years, weve got the Champions League final with a maximum of four really fit centre midfielders.Its about just staying fit, staying strong and staying ready. I feel thats where my focus will be.Lallana certainly showed his class when coming off the bench in the 71st minute at Old Trafford, where he found the net for the first time since scoring against Middlesbrough in May 2017.With one to go in #PL Matchweek 9Happy with your club so far? pic.twitter.com/IP52l2FJnf Premier League (@premierleague) October 20, 2019The England international was taken aback by that statistic, but there was no such surprise about United being able to produce a performance that belied their recent struggles.I think that you guys (in the media) have built it up, havent you? Lallana said. I think it just shows that in this game, it kind of goes out the window.Its obviously a tough game and we probably leave the happier team in the end. We could have won it, yeah. You know another five, 10 minutes. I thought we were controlling the game, we were dictating the game.The last 15 minutes, when I was on the pitch you could feel that, you could feel that we got that little bit of confidence, that little bit of arrogance that we needed. We were calmer on the ball and we didnt really have that in the first half. But these games are funny. Its not a bad point.Liverpool will take the point and move on knowing that they can play better, while the end of their 17-match Premier League winning streak does not appear to have halted their momentum.Listen, everyone probably expected us to win but we knew it was going to be tough here today, Lallana added.We knew if we werent at our very best, we wouldnt win. We werent at our best, we didnt win but we grinded out a point.And if you can do that when you dont play your best, I think youve got a good chance of being successful throughout the season and thats what weve shown today.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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