Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has called Adam Lallana’s late equalizer against Manchester United a ‘wonderful story’ after the midfielder’s injury woes.
The 31-year-old, who came off the bench to net the equalizer in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United, will be out of contract next summer and had not scored for Liverpool since May 2017, he has spent most of the last two seasons on the sidelines due to a series of injuries and has long been linked with a move away from Anfield.
And his manager Klopp was clearly delighted at the substitute’s impact after a ‘difficult’ period for him.
Klopp told his club’s official website: ‘A wonderful story. A wonderful, wonderful, wonderful story.
‘This weekend we had a long talk in general about our situation, and he is completely relaxed and fine and knows how difficult it is at the moment to come into the team.
‘But he just trains well and he deserved that; it was 25-30 minutes and he had a proper impact. Then scoring a goal… wow! That was really, really nice.
“Then the heart rate went up a bit because VAR was involved – but he said he knew it would not be offside, so that was all fine. A wonderful story. A wonderful, wonderful story.
“It would have been a better story if somebody would have scored a second one, but now we have to take that.”
Liverpool faces a tricky run of fixtures starting with a trip to Genk in the Champions League followed by a home game against top-six side Tottenham, they then host Arsenal in the Carabao cup.
