Football: Dalglish backs Carroll as Newcastle loom
Carroll has split opinion since making a £35 million move to Anfield.
PARIS:
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has leapt to the defence of striker Andy Carroll as he prepares to face former club Newcastle. Carroll has split opinion since making a £35 million move to Anfield in January and has managed just four Premier League goals.
But Dalglish maintains Carroll is on the right track. “I do not think self belief is a problem for Carroll and I do not see why it should be,” he said.
“Carrol has come here and gone about his work very well. He is adjusting to life at a new club with new philosophies and a new way of playing. Football is the most important thing to him. That is what he enjoys most. He loves playing football.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 30th, 2011.
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has leapt to the defence of striker Andy Carroll as he prepares to face former club Newcastle. Carroll has split opinion since making a £35 million move to Anfield in January and has managed just four Premier League goals.
But Dalglish maintains Carroll is on the right track. “I do not think self belief is a problem for Carroll and I do not see why it should be,” he said.
“Carrol has come here and gone about his work very well. He is adjusting to life at a new club with new philosophies and a new way of playing. Football is the most important thing to him. That is what he enjoys most. He loves playing football.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 30th, 2011.