Football: Dalglish backs Carroll as Newcastle loom

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 30^th, 2011.