Adam Lallana: Half-time exchange helped save Liverpool's League Cup dream

Liverpool’s players had “strong words” with each other in the dressing room to prevent their dreams of a Wembley final going up in smoke, according to forward Adam Lallana.

Trailing 1-0 on the night to Marko Arnautovic’s goal, making it 1-1 on aggregate in the second leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final, the Reds were so out of sorts there was a real danger of Stoke seizing control of the tie after the break.

However, after a frank exchange involving Jurgen Klopp and his players, they came out and managed to see the game through to penalties where they won 6-5.