Adam
Lallana is fighting to regain his fitness as the £25million signing from
Southampton was put to the test in training by Brendan Rodgers on
Thursday.
Liverpool
make their Premier League start against Lallana's former club
Southampton on Sunday, where the Reds will look to kick-start a fresh
bid for the title after last year's disappointment.
The
attacking midfielder has been set to miss the start of the season after
Liverpool confirmed a knee injury suffered at the end of July during
pre-season in Boston would rule the England international out for up to
six weeks.
Lallana's
former Southampton team-mate Rickie Lambert, who is fit and ready to
make his Premier League debut for Liverpool against his old club on
Sunday, joined him in training.
It
comes after Rodgers insisted he would not heap the pressure on the
striker, who failed to score his first goal for the club during
pre-season.
The
32-year-old made the move at the beginning of June for £4m, but
couldn't get off the mark for his boyhood club in any of their
friendlies.
Rodgers
told Sky Sports News: 'Don't put pressure on Rickie Lambert to get
goals, Rickie Lambert has been brought in here to be a very valuable
member of our squad.
'He has proven it all his career. He has got goals at whatever level he has played at.
'He came on for internationals and he gets goals, with Southampton for the past couple of seasons he gets goals.
'So
there is no need for him to be under any pressure, he needs to come in
at 32 years of age and contribute to the history of this club.
'He's
a big supporter of this club, he is past that now, he is here to do a
job. I trust him to do the job and he will do a great job for us.'
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