Jordan Henderson celebrated the importance of Liverpool's sensational 5-4 win away at Norwich City on Saturday and argued that the visitors deserved all three points for their efforts.
The Reds opened the scoring as Roberto Firmino continued his fine form in a false nine role, before Dieumerci Mbokani drew the home side level and Steven Naismith's debut goal reversed the advantage.
Alberto Moreno's foul on Naismith allowed Wes Hoolahan to beat Simon Mignolet from the spot, making it 3-1, but the Reds' skipper kickstarted a stunning comeback as he reduced the deficit only a minute later.
Firmino struck a second to equalise for Jürgen Klopp's charges, before James Milner made the most of a poor backpass to once again put Liverpool in the driving seat.
With just minutes of stoppage-time remaining, parity was once again restored as Sebastien Bassong's drive from the edge of the box - but in the most dramatic of Barclays Premier League finales, substitute Adam Lallana found himself in the right place at the right time to win his side all three points.
Skipper insists Reds deserved the three points
Talking to the club's official website immediately after the nine-goal thriller, Henderson acknowledged that there "were a lot of ups and downs in the game" but was pleased that they "come out with three points" overall.
He bemoaned the fact that Liverpool's last few games have produced "good" performances but they "haven't got the results" and called it "very important" for them to get the result without necessarily playing too well.
Having had the half-time team talk with Klopp, Henderson said that the team "came out" and knew that they "still had to win the game" although he admitted "there was still a long way to go."
The 25-year-old captain said that he felt the Reds "were brilliant" in the second-half and praised them for "hunting the ball back, getting it back quickly and creating chances" and insisted that they "thoroughly deserved to win" for the manner of their display.
Reds must work on sharing the goals around as well as keeping them out, says Henderson
Though the elation of Liverpool's last-gasp winner, Henderson insisted that there are things they can learn from a tumultuous afternoon in East Anglia.
The England midfielder pointed out one area in which they have "got to improve on" as "sharing the goals among everyone" as he said that "all of the forward players getting into the box" has to be a priority.
He insisted that they "managed to score some good goals" but said that they also have "a lot of work to do" in terms of "not conceding goals" which he revealed they will "look at" and analyse "over the next day or two."
