Dalglish fumes at ´unacceptable´ draw

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has labelled his side’s performance as ‘unacceptable’ after their 0-0 draw with Swansea at Anfield.

Liverpool were frustrated by a committed Swansea outfit and were held to their fourth home league draw in just six fixtures so far this season, with Dalglish leaving reporters in no doubt about how he felt.

“The performance was disappointing,” Dalglish said. “Swansea played the way we expected them to play but we certainly didn’t play the way we’d expected to play.”

“Anything we’re good at we certainly didn’t produce much of today. We’re usually good at passing and moving but there wasn’t much of that today when we got it back we gave it away quickly and most of the times when we gave it to them they got up the pitch well.”

“We seem to be doing it in most of the games we’re playing at the moment. If we’d scored early on it might have changed the way the game went but we didn’t so it’s hypothetical.

“The problems we’ve got there are problems we can sort ourselves.”

Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers believes his side made a significant stride forward with the result, and feels they are starting to settle into life in the Premier League.

“I thought today we made another step forward,” Rodgers told Sky Sports. “We’ve played a big team today.”

“I felt coming in to the game today we were better equipped. We’ve had 10 games in the Barclays Premier League and I felt that we’ve now got the confidence to compete at this level so to come here and perform like that was obviously fantastic.”

“I said to them afterwards that there aren’t too many teams that play at Anfield and get clapped off at the end so that was a nice gesture.”