Dalglish ´delighted´ as Moyes sees red

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish was ‘delighted’ with Andy Carroll after the striker scored his first Premier League goal of the season.

Carroll scored the opener in Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Everton at Goodison Park on Sunday, before Luis Suarez sealed the victory eight minutes from time.

Everton were furious that Jack Rodwell was sent-off for a challenge on Suarez in the 23rd minute, but Dalglish was keen after the match to focus on his side’s success and singled out under-pressure Carroll for praise.

“Obviously it will be a boost for him to get his first league goal but I don’t know what all the fuss is about,” Dalglish said.

“We are delighted with him. He has worked really hard in training and he deserved it.”

“Andy has been fantastic, his stats in training are better than most people’s so I don’t know what the fuss is about.”

“The price-tag is irrelevant and has nothing to do with his form or performances.

“I don’t think confidence is the problem with Carroll it’s the media. You need to let him live a little bit, you keep talking about his private life but don’t know anything about it.”

Steven Gerrard continued his return from a groin injury after replacing Charlie Adam in the 67th minute and could now be in line for a call-up to Fabio Capello’s England squad for the crunch Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro.

Dalglish is pleased with the progress the Liverpool captain has made in his recovery but endorsed a view expressed by Gerrard on Friday that he is probably not ready to play for England.

“It’s another step forward for Steven, coming on in the derby and getting some games under his belt,” Dalglish said.

“He had no reaction after the game. Steven aired his views on England yesterday and I agree with him.”

Rodwell was dismissed for his challenge on Suarez despite appearing to make contact with the ball first, with Everton boss David Moyes saying he did not think the tackle was even worthy of a free kick.

“I thought it ruined the game. There are a lot of questions asked about tackles in derbies but it wasn’t down to a bad tackle by a player today,” Moyes said.

“I knew we’d get something at some point in the game and at 11 v 11 we had our fair share but the game just stopped at that moment.”

“I’d have been disappointed if he’d have even given a free kick for it and if he’d have given a yellow card you would have said ‘what was that for?’.”

“The team did everything and at the end of the day it wasn’t the referee that lost us the game, it was because we made a couple of defensive lapses.”