Draws aren´t good enough, says Dalglish

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish wants his side to turn their good performances into points ahead of their clash with Fulham.

Last week’s draw against Manchester City was Liverpool’s fifth in the league this season at Anfield and Dalglish wants more from his team as they prepare for Monday’s fixture at Craven Cottage.

The 60-year-old said that, while he is delighted with his team’s form that has seen them go unbeaten in 11 matches, they will have to be more clinical if they want to put a winning run together.

“We are never going to be happy with a draw against anyone, we are happy with wins,” he said.

“We were delighted with the way we played but I think we set our standards a little bit higher than drawing against people.”

“I think we deserve better than that, I think we are better than that, and it’s up to us to stand up and be counted and start winning games.”

“We’ve done fantastically well and in most of the games we’ve played at home I think we should have come away with three points.”

“To their (the players) credit their performances have been top notch.”

Now, on the back of League Cup victory against Chelsea, Liverpool travel to West London and are confident of another win at Craven Cottage having claimed a 5-2 victory there last season.

“We know it’s going to be a very difficult game. We also know we went there and won 5-2 last year but we got our reward for that by getting three points,” Dalglish said.

“We’ll only get what we deserve from the game and the effort we put in on Monday night.”

“Everything that comes out in a game is a reflection of what you’ve done in the lead up to it, whether it’s two or three days or two or three months.”

“I don’t think there is any one of our players who lack fitness or desire. We’ve got the best of both worlds and it would be very difficult to analyse which is the greater component – fitness or desire.”

“We’re happy we’ve got both of them in abundance in our players.”

“They also start games quickly as well and the tempo of their play is quite high.”