Adam Lallana says hard work at training is the contributing factor to be on top in order to suit the current Liverpool squad challenging for honors under Jurgen Klopp.

The former Southampton player made his 17th appearance of 2019-20 as a substitute during the second half of Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Spurs on Saturday.

Speaking after the Reds 20th in 21 Premier League games, he explained how the squad has been fueled with a winning mentality to lift high the banner of the Liverbird.

“It’s just training harder. When you’re not playing, it’s hard to maintain your fitness levels to come back in and be able to perform in this team,” he said.

“So you have to train harder, train stronger and make yourself ready, keep on top of everything, so when you are called upon you can deliver performances like last week [against Everton in the FA Cup].

“But that’s not just for me, it’s for all the lads and even the kids too. Credit due to everyone.

“I just want to contribute as much as possible. At times you’ve got to be patient, and that’s it. I just take it; another good training week, train hard and train strong, look to perform there and hopefully start at the weekend.

“But if not, then I’ll look to perform off the bench and help us get the three points, which is the main thing. We want to tick each game off now.”

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Adam addressed that the squad is not distracted by the situation at the top, with perfection being their main focus.

“It’s on us to keep grounded. We have such a great group of lads for that,” said the 31-year-old. “We’ve come back in there and after the game we are speaking about how we could have seen it out better.

“I’m sure it was entertaining for the neutral but we don’t want to be winning games relying on our goalkeeper or seeing shots go past the post.

“It’s a great mentality that we have, we don’t want to settle for just winning games. That’s a big reason why we are in the position we are.”