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Dalglish proud of Liverpool players<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish said he was proud of his players as their superb finish to the season continued with a crushing 5-2 win over Fulham.<\/p>\n

Dalglish has transformed Liverpool’s campaign, taking them from mid-table in January to the brink of qualifying for the Europa League.<\/p>\n

“It’s been unbelievable. Nobody would ever have anticipated the run the boys have been on since January,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Even if we don’t get fifth place, they’ve been absolutely fantastic.”<\/p>\n

Dalglish took over from Roy Hodgson in January, with Liverpool in disarray and languishing in 12th place in the table.<\/p>\n

But under the Scot’s guidance, the Reds have taken 33 points – a total only surpassed by Chelsea’s 35 – to storm up the table and give themselves the opportunity of making the Europa League.<\/p>\n

The five goals against Fulham made it a remarkable 13 in three games for a side finishing the season in some style.<\/p>\n

“I think the boys got just reward for some fantastic football and scored five goals,” said Dalglish, who is expected to be offered a permanent deal at Anfield in the near future, having originally been appointed only until the end of the season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It certainly makes you proud when you see them play like that.<\/p>\n

“For us, the position in the league hasn’t been as important as the response.”<\/p>\n

The margin of Liverpool’s victory was all the more remarkable given that Fulham had won six of their previous seven Premier League games at Craven Cottage.<\/p>\n

Dalglish added: “Fulham have got a fantastic record here. They are a really really good side and we were expecting a tough game but we started really well.”<\/p>\n

Liverpool’s resurgence under Dalglish has been all the more remarkable because talismanic skipper Steven Gerrard has been unavailable to him because of injury for large parts of his reign.<\/p>\n

England midfielder Gerrard, who was analysing the game for Sky Sports, said he expected Dalglish to be offered the job on a full-time basis imminently.<\/p>\n

“I’m sure it’s around the corner, I’m sure the owners are ready to put pen to paper,” he commented.<\/p>\n

Dalglish himself gave little away when pressed on his future at the club where he is already assured of legendary status for his achievements as both a player and a manager.<\/p>\n

“When we’ve got something to tell you, we’ll tell you,” said the 60-year-old. “Nobody’s under any pressure whatsoever.”<\/p>\n

Gerrard also praised the work of Liverpool’s assistant coach Steve Clarke, who he credited with helping the team produce a higher-tempo passing and pressing game.<\/p>\n

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Dalglish also recognised the impact of the former Chelsea and West Ham coach and played down his own role in the club’s recent run.<\/p>\n

“It’s not a one-man band by any shape or form,” he insisted.<\/p>\n

“We’ve done fantastically well since January and it’s great credit to the players, Steve Clarke, Sammy Lee and the backroom staff.”<\/p>\n

Liverpool’s new dawn has been helped by the excellent form of Argentine forward Maxi Rodriguez, who scored his second hat-trick in three games in the win at Fulham.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez has now scored seven in three matches after spending several weeks out of favour.<\/p>\n

“He’s a really intelligent footballer, he knows where to go and when to go,” said Dalglish.<\/p>\n

“Everything’s happening for him at the moment – he deserves the accolades.<\/p>\n

“A lot of balls have been falling to him in the box – but you’ve got to be there to put them away and he has been.<\/p>\n

“He had a few games off and has come back really strong. I’m delighted for him and everybody.”<\/p>\n

Another player to catch the eye at Craven Cottage was Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, who has been in dazzling form since joining from Ajax for \u00a322.8m in January.<\/p>\n

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“He was running as hard at the end as he was at the very beginning and he caused them all sorts of problems,” added Dalglish.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think in our wildest dreams he could’ve settled in as quickly as he has done and taken to English football the way that he has done.<\/p>\n

“He’s graced the pitch every time he’s played on it.”<\/p>\n

Fulham manager Mark Hughes was disappointed to see his team’s recent good run brought to an end in such an emphatic manner.<\/p>\n

“We didn’t really see that performance coming,” he told BBC Sport. “We were looking forward to this game and we thought we could ask questions of a very good Liverpool side.<\/p>\n

“But we were right on the back foot from the first 30 seconds and then it was just a calamity of errors from that point onwards.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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