Lallana: Top-4 for Reds would be remarkable
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LIVERPOOL fell just two points short of winning a remarkable English Premier League title last season but a top-four finish would be “a remarkable achievement” this time, according to midfielder Adam Lallana.
An enthralling and high-octane Liverpool side was spurred on by a vociferous support chanting “we’re going to win the league” at every opportunity last season and though the Reds ultimately fell short, the Merseyside club was relevant again.
This season, however, has been a different story with Liverpool languishing in 11th place in the Premier League table — 15 points behind leader Chelsea — with just four league wins from 11 games.
“We still think we can finish in the top four and I think that would be a remarkable achievement considering we’ve been in the Champions League,” England midfielder Adam Lallana told the BBC. “But we don’t want to look that far and we want to get back to winning ways.”
Today Liverpool, which is four points behind fourth-placed West Ham United, travels to Crystal Palace, the scene of an unforgettable game in May that all but ended its valiant title push.
Having breezed to a 3-0 lead that day, the Reds capitulated conceding three goals in the final 11 minutes to scrape a 3-3 draw and all but surrender any hope of title success, a week after losing 0-2 at home to Chelsea.
Lallana, who signed from Southampton for 25 million pounds (US$42.54 million) in July, believes a return to south London provides the perfect opportunity to arrest the club’s slump and catalyze a climb up the table.
“With a game against Crystal Palace it’s a great chance for us to get three points and start a run,” he added.
“(Silverware) should be the target for us. We want to pick up a trophy and the manager said that he felt that since he’s come in the team has improved but still without winning a trophy. That’s definitely the target.”
Manager Brendan Rodgers insists he is not haunted by the memories of that game but will not want to see a repeat performance at Selhurst Park.
“That wasn’t the game that cost us,” Rodgers told a news conference on Friday. “The damage was always done in the Chelsea game. That was the one that changed it for us.”
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