to join attacking moves on a more frequent basis.

"His confidence level is very good," the manager continued. "He is a player who has wonderful physical capacity to run. His size surprises a lot of people, he's got great running ability. He's got lovely technique on the ball.

"He's playing in a part of the team's structure where he understands his lines of pass and his role within the team. He knows his role is to create goals and score goals.

"He's a wonderful young man to work with and I was delighted for him because it's something we've been encouraging him to do - to arrive into the box more. He did that for the two goals, combining on the edge of the box for the first and then gettinghis finish for the second."

Rodgers also had glowing words of praise for Lallana, who capped another impressive run out with a fine goal to break the deadlock.

The 26-year-old displayed nimble footwork to open up space and enable him to successfully complete a one-two with Henderson on the edge of the box, carving open the West Brom defence.

Then faced with Ben Foster, Lallana produced a finish the move deserved.

Rodgers said: "It was a wonderful goal. I thought he was very, very good today and his intensity and work rate in the team was exceptional. He showed his quality.

"You saw the supporters' reaction to him, I think they really appreciate what he is trying to give the team.

"I'm delighted for him. He's a wonderful, technically-gifted player and works very, very