1) Adam Lallana
Lallana and Lovren were very much in the same boat at the start of the season. They both arrived from Southampton for big-money transfer fees with the weight of expectation firmly on their shoulders. Twelve months on and their Liverpool careers have followed similar paths – difficult start, spell out of the team, improvement – albeit with Lallana sidelined due to injury rather than poor form.
Hopefully, the form he’s shown over the last month is a sign of things to come. It’s important that he plays in his preferred position at the head of the midfield, ideally alongside Philippe Coutinho. He’s wasted out wide and would be better served dropping deeper into the middle of the park rather than playing out wide.
