Liverpool's Adam Lallana is England's best player, says Matt Le Tissier

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Vaishali Bhardwaj12 November 2016

Matt Le Tissier believes Adam Lallana is currently the best player in Gareth Southgate's England squad.

Lallana scored his second international goal in England's 3-0 win over Scotland on Friday night, a month after scoring his first strike for the Three Lions in September.

The 28-year-old has also netted three goals in 11 games for Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side, which has helped the Reds go into top position in the Premier League standings.

Former England midfielder Le Tissier believes that Lallana's impressive start to the season shows that he is, on current form, England's best player although he admitted he'd like to see the midfielder play in a more central role for the Three Lions going forward.

"I ask myself who England's best player is and on current form I'd probably say Adam Lallana," Le Tissier told Sky Sports.

"He tends to be pushed out wide, though, and I'd like to see him in the number 10 role.

"He's happy to go both ways so playing him central gives him so many options."

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Lallana won the man of the match award following his showing at Wembley on Friday and, after the game, admitted interim manager Southgate has stabilised the England team following the disappointment of Euro 2016.

"He's given good stability," Lallana told ITV. "He hasn't had much time to work with us but I guess that's the case as an international manager.

"You only get the lads a few times a year but it's not in our hands. We just go out onto the pitch and do as well as we can for our country and tonight was a good three points."

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