Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen has said that his miss against Everton in last month's Merseyside derby has not affected his confidence.

The Welsh international wasted a golden opportunity with the Reds leading 2-1 at Goodison Park, and they nearly went on to lose after Romelu Lukaku netted twice to put the Toffees 3-2 ahead.

However, a last-minute goal from Daniel Sturridge saw Brendan Rodgers's side claim a point.

"Things can get taken out of perspective in the intensity of a game like the derby, and a lot of people probably wrote me off the second that game finished," the 23-year-old told The Mirror.

"I feel it was something that would have affected me in the past but, in all honesty, it didn't really affect me too much. I was able to look at it as one moment in one football match.

"I understood the significance of it, of course. It was a pivotal moment in a massive game and there is no hiding from that. But I understood it was a miss and it happens in football."

Allen is yet to score a goal in the Premier League for the club he joined last year from Swansea City.