Adam Lallana on Red Star performance: “It wasn’t like us”

Adam Lallana has insisted that Liverpool will show the right reaction to last night’s defeat at the hands of Red Star Belgrade, according to LiverpoolFC.com.

Jurgen Klopp’s side suffered a major blow in Serbia last night when a brace from Milan Pavkov condemned them to their second Group C defeat, leaving them with a tough challenge to qualify for the knockout stages.

Lallana came into the side in place of Xherdan Shaqiri, who remained on Merseyside, and admits that the Liverpool squad must take responsibility for their poor showing and bounce back accordingly.

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BELGRADE, SERBIA – NOVEMBER 6: Adam Lallana during the Champions League match between Liverpool FC and Red Star Belgrade on November 6, 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia. (ACTION IMAGES VIA REUTERS/PAUL CHILDS)

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“As players we’ve got to take responsibility. It was a slow start all round really, and we gave them far too many opportunities – especially from set-pieces,” said Lallana.

“We had chances and we came out at the start of the second half which was better, but we weren’t ruthless enough and we weren’t patient enough.

“They time-wasted and we lost momentum but to come in 2-0 down wasn’t like us and we’ve got to take full responsibility and make sure that doesn’t happen again. It’s still in our hands and if we win our next two games we go through, but it was a great opportunity missed for us.

“Of course there will be a reaction. It’s not the first time we’ve lost games and it’s about how you react and how you bounce back but we are thoroughly disappointed to come away with nothing.

“That’s the Champions League and there’s no teams that enter this competition that give you wins.

“We knew it was going to be completely different to the game at Anfield a fortnight ago but it wasn’t to be. It wasn’t like us. We need to move on and improve if we are going to go through to the knockout stages.”

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