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James Milner admitted he was running on empty when he created Liverpool’s dramatic last-gasp winner for Dejan Lovren against Borussia Dortmund.

It was a sweet moment for the Reds midfielder, who had endured the wrath of supporters earlier in the night after a succession of corners failed to beat the first defender.

Milner played a free-kick into the feet of Daniel Sturridge and burst into the penalty box, collecting a clever return pass from the striker and delivering the perfect cross for Lovren to send Anfield into raptures.

“The first few (corners) went where they were meant to and there was no one there and the next few didn’t,” Milner said with a smile.

“It happens. I’m delighted. Studge held it up well. To be honest the hardest part was running from the halfway line as I was pretty tired at that point.”

Having earlier provided the lay-off for Philippe Coutinho to score, Milner took his tally for the season to 12 assists.

It’s an impressive contribution for a player who has been an unsung hero in Liverpool’s march to the Europa League semi-finals.

“That has always been a strength of mine, creating goals over the years,” he said.

“A lot of people see me as a runner, but I feel creating goals is one of my qualities and hopefully I can keep doing it.”

Jurgen Klopp is expected to make wholesale changes for Sunday’s Premier League trip to Bournemouth.

Europe is the overriding priority but Milner insists the eighth placed Reds are determined to finish their domestic campaign on a high.

“We’ll try and win every game,” he added.

“It is important to try and finish strongly in the league.

“The performance was good at the weekend against Stoke. I think that contributed massively to tonight and gave us the momentum to keep winning games.”