Lucas Leiva Voted Player Of The Season By Glen Johnson

Quizzed on who he thought was the player of the season England's right-back replied:


"I would say Lucas,there were rumours at the start of the season that Liverpool were going to sell him but the way he's performed just shows you how quickly things can change in football.

"At the minute he's probably one of the first names in the starting 11. He's won the fans over now for sure, so fair play to him. I'm obviously very pleased for him and his family. He deserves the recognition."

"People talk about ifs, buts and maybes and if we'd had this form at the start, we would have been challenging for the league. But obviously you could say 'what if' about most things.

"Coming up to Christmas we were nearer the bottom of the league than the top and that's obviously crazy. If somebody had told you at the start of the season you'd have just laughed about it. But the lads have shown great character, everyone's stuck together and we've pulled it around. 

"It's definitely been a league of two halves for us. It's very frustrating because you can't help but reflect on the fact that if we'd have made a better start and picked up points against teams that we should have beaten we would have been fighting for the Champions League spots.

"The results at the start - well, there were some shockers in there. But when you look at where we are now we know that even if we had picked up a couple more wins we could have been very close.

"That's the frustration but it's in the past now and everything happens for a reason. We're flying now so hopefully this will continue and we will be fighting for the title next year."