Kenny in Kop flop fury

Posted Friday, March 11, 2011 by thesun.co.uk

Kenny in Kop flop fury
CRUNCH ... Kaka appears to catch Andy Carroll

KENNY DALGLISH put the boot in on his Euro flops - after Kaka put the elbow in on new £35million man Andy Carroll.

Liverpool boss Dalglish made no effort to hide his disgust as his side crashed to defeat with a shocking display which drew just one save from Braga's keeper.

Dalglish, who insisted he did not see Kaka clash with Carroll, rapped: "The first half was poor.

"At 1-0 we're still in it but if we play like that at Anfield we have no chance. The way we started the first 35 minutes was terrible.

"At that stage they never put us under any real pressure but they scored with a penalty with the player going nowhere.

"We were very fortunate to come away just one goal behind after that first-half display.

"We created most of our own problems. You don't know if it's a good or bad result until the second leg is over. There's nobody in the dressing room pleased with their performance or pleased with the result."

Braga's winner came from an 18th-minute spot-kick by Brazilian Alan after Soto Kyrgiakos upended Mossoro.

Dalglish had no gripe with the penalty and insisted he did not see the late challenge on Carroll from Kaka which floored the giant Geordie.

It did look suspiciously like an elbow, yet Dalglish said: "I'm going to do my interpretation of Arsene Wenger, I honestly never saw it.

"I saw the pair collide but I didn't see which part hit Andy."

The appearance of Carroll off the bench for the last 35 minutes was the only bright spot on a nightmare evening for Liverpool - and Dalglish knew it.

He added: "We played better once Andy came on and he is a good option for us.

"We have to give him as many minutes as we can to make sure we are making our contribution to get him fit. That was a bit longer than he got against United on Sunday."