Thursday, February 3, 2011

Suarez quality excites Kenny Dalglish.

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish revealed new striker Luis Suarez had not even trained with his team-mates before scoring in the 2-0 win over Stoke.
"He had not even had the opportunity to train with us because of administrative stuff which had to be sorted out, "said the Reds boss.
"When he starts training with the lads I think we might see an improvement. "He has a big smile on his face every day. He's a happy and a good guy. It is a great start to score on your debut."
Dalglish added: "He worked hard and him and Dirk Kuyt linked up well a couple of times.
The £22.7 m signing from Ajax scored after he rounded keeper Asmir Begovic and unleashed a shot which was diverted by defender Andy Wilkinson against the post and into the goal.
Suarez's goal 16 minutes after coming on as a substitute -in addition to Raul Meireles's opener -helped lift the gloom at Liverpool following the departure of forward Fernando Torres to Chelsea for £50 m. Torres handed in a written transfer request last week to rock the Merseysiders, who brought in Suarez and £35M striker Andy Carroll as his replacements ahead of the January transfer window's closure on Monday.
"It has been a busy week and we've been in the newspapers more than we would have liked to have been," added Dalglish. "It is great credit to the players that they have not let it get to them and they've gone out and been magnificent.
"The supporters realise that there is a great group here who want to compete for everything and get as much as we can from every game. "The clean sheet against Stoke was Liverpool's third on the trot and came after Dalglish started with a three-man central defence of Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Martin Skrtel and Daniel Agger to try to nullify the visitors' threat.
"They [Stoke] are a difficult team to play against -you have to compete against them first and then you have to get your own going", said the Scot.
"Soto [Kyrgiakos] was brilliant for us. His presence and the way he commanded nearly everything which came in the box was great and when we were under pressure he was there as well. "Three clean sheets is always a bonus and a help.
"Stoke manager Tony Pulis conceded his team were beaten by a superior side.
"Liverpool were the better team and created the better chances, "he said.
"We did okay for the first half but to concede just after half-time knocked us. But up until the second goal I thought we were in the game."

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