Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is delighted with the form of Adam Lallana.
The England midfielder injured a knee in pre-season and did not make his debut until mid-September and it is only in the last six weeks he has really looked at home in the first team.
"I remember seeing Adam when he was younger and he was a wonderful technician but he has a toughness mentally," said Rodgers.
"He didn't become captain at Southampton for nothing. It wasn't given to him because he was a local player and I could see that.
"I remember talking to a few of the guys who had been with him with England and they said he was a tough character.
"He has all the skills and mentality to play at a club like this where the pressure is on every day and every game and you can see he is relishing that.
"He was outstanding at the weekend (against West Ham)."
