Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has expressed his disappointment at the reception that Adam Lallana received at former club Southampton.

The midfielder, who joined the Reds for £25m in the summer, was roundly booed by the home fans at St Mary's Stadium on Sunday during Liverpool's 2-0 win.

However, Rodgers believes that Lallana should have been given a warmer welcome by the Southampton supporters due to his previous service at the club.

"Adam was the captain here for two years, gave incredible service to Southampton and I know for a fact he could have left here a number of times and didn't," he is quoted as saying by Sky Sports News.

"To get the reception he got I thought was disappointing. I looked in the match programme and there was nothing relevant to his time here and all the time has been here since a boy.

"Then there's the likes of Rickie Lambert – great servants to here, incredible players that have got the club to where it is today. There was no mention of him, which I thought was sad."

Liverpool are back in action on Thursday when they travel to Besiktas to defend a 1-0 first-leg lead in the last 32 of the Europa League.