Liverpool veteran James Milner was relieved to score the winner from the spot for victory over Fulham.

Speaking post-match, the vice-captain took partial responsibility for Ryan Babel's equaliser before explaining his thought process after referee Craig Pawson had awarded the penalty.

“It was me who put him [Van Dijk] in the mire, to be fair!" Milner told Sky Sports.

“The gaffer said 'come on and calm it down', so the best thing to do is to slice it over the top and put Virg under pressure, which wasn't ideal! But luckily enough we got the result and did what we needed to do.

“I think obviously what's gone before, I feel that's probably my fault. The goal, it's important I put it away and made up for that, but there's years of practice gone into my penalties and in the game you've just got to go back to what you've been practising, be calm and know what you're going to do."