Scoring at Old Trafford in a 4-1 win for Liverpool may carry slightly more prestige than netting during Orient’s win over Oldham Athletic but for Andrea Dossena it was still a rewarding moment.

The former Italy international scored his first goal in English football, since he found the net in Liverpool’s memorable win over their fiercest rivals in 2009, on Saturday and enjoyed his best game in an Orient shirt.

Comparing his breakthrough O’s goal to his previous effort, Dossena said: “It is a bit different but football is football. Every league is difficult whether it is the Premier League or League One. My attitude is the same because I love to play football and I want to keep playing for a long time so I enjoy this with my teammates and supporters. We want to keep this going for the next week.”

Dossena added: “It was important for us because we took three points which was very important for us because we play at home and we need confidence. We are not in a good situation at the bottom of the table but it is a team that works hard every day in the week and we have to bring some more points at home. This is the way that we have to play until the end.”

Orient have the worst home record in division and Dossena thinks the players have felt the pressure and been nervous at times in front of their own fans.

“I don’t know why it’s been so difficult at home,” he said. “If I had the answer maybe I could put something on the pitch. Maybe you have to ask the gaffer but maybe some of us feel a lot of pressure. When we come into the dressing room at half time we say the supporters are with us so we have to play without fear like we do in the training sessions.

“This is the only the way because we have chances when we play the ball on the floor. It’s not our kind of football to play long ball so we have to keep going in this way and stay focused until the end because it’s a long way until May.”

It is fair to say Dossena has struggled to make an impact with the O’s since joining the club back in November. The former Liverpool and Sunderland left-back has suffered from injury and illness and also been left out of the side in recent weeks.

He said: “It’s frustrating for every player when you don’t play. When you are not in the side then you are frustrated but I try to work hard every day to be ready for when the gaffer wants to put me on the pitch.”

Dossena has the advantage of working with Italian manager Fabio Liverani which ensures there is no language barrier but he insists communication with the squad is not a reason for the team’s problems.

The 33-year-old admitted: “It’s more easy for me because he can explain faster to me. But for me it’s not a problem whether they speak English or Italian. We understand that the gaffer does not speak good English. But that is not the problem. The problem is when we don’t bring home the points because we don’t put our best character on the pitch.”

The Italian has only signed with the O’s until the end of the season but he would not give much away when asked if he wanted to stay at the club for longer.

Dossena said: “I work game for game and we will see at the end of the season. I am 100 per cent focused for this league and after we will see what happens.”