Thursday, April 14, 2011

'Let's maintain Anfield tradition'

Kenny Dalglish is hoping Liverpool can maintain their unbeaten Anfield record until the end of the season as they chase European qualification.

The Reds have won five and drawn three of their matches on home soil since Dalglish returned to the helm in January - and the boss is eager for that statistic to continue.

"It has always been a difficult place for any team to come and get a result," he said.

"We'll just continue on that tradition and hopefully we can stretch it even further and go on and get some more wins."

Liverpool's latest home success came at the expense of Manchester City on Monday night as they clinched a dominant 3-0 victory over Roberto Mancini's men.

While the likes of Andy Carroll may have grabbed the headlines with his imperious two-goal showing, Dalglish is eager to highlight the performances of Jay Spearing and Lucas Leiva in helping the Reds to an important three points.

"As well as passing it well, Jay and Lucas in the middle of the pitch got in amongst it," he said.

"Wee Jay had a couple of crunching tackles and that doesn't do anybody any harm and helps to set the tempo.

"Gareth (Barry) and (Yaya) Toure are two fantastic players, but on the night I don't think you could have been disappointed with the performance of our two.

"They did a great deal of work and showed a lot of effort. They were very disciplined - and we got the benefit of that.

"We were really pleased with the way those two played."

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