Steven Gerrard said he was proud of his side's performance against Manchester United on Sunday, and is confident a first Premier League win of the season is just around the corner, reports Liverpoolfc.com.

Gerrard once again produced an outstanding captain's performance, giving 10-man Liverpool an early second half lead after Jonjo Shelvey had been controversially sent off just before half time.

The 32-year-old believes the best team on Sunday lost, and is convinced a repeat performance against Norwich next weekend will lead to that all important first victory of the season.

"We played really well today with 11 men and we played even better with 10, so we're disappointed to come away from the game with nothing. We showed great determination," he told Sky Sports.

"You can't fault any of the players in our dressing room, they gave everything they had. But sometimes that's not enough against quality teams like Manchester United and they managed to get themselves in front after we took the lead.

"If we keep playing like that and showing that amount of effort and determination, then it will only be a matter of time [before we get our first win].

"If you analyse all of our performances, it's not that we haven't been playing good enough - maybe we just need a bit of luck. We'll keep plugging away and it will come eventually.

"But we know that we need our first win very quickly. It needs to be next week at Norwich."

Gerrard was also pleased with the pre-game tribute to the victims of the Hillsborough disaster, and the behavior of both sets of supporters on what was an emotional afternoon at Anfield.

"I thought it was a nice touch, there was a lot said before the game about how the supporters on both sides were going to behave and credit to them both, I thought they were fantastic.

"We're talking about what happened in the game, which is exactly what everyone wanted. So credit to both sets of supporters," he added.