The Scot watched Henderson and Downing make their Reds debuts during a disappointing 3-0 friendly defeat at Hull City, and wants to see more from his team.<\/p>\n“If they’re going to stake a claim for a first-team place, they’ve got to earn it. We’ve given them every opportunity to get themselves fit and try and earn that right to play in the first-team, but they’ll need to do better than that if they want it,” he told Liverpool’s official website.<\/p>\n
“The lads are at various degrees of fitness for the matches. Someone like Jordan has only trained for a week, so it’s a bit too much to ask him to start the game.<\/p>\n
“But we’ve got a couple of matches in the space of a few days at the end of next week and we’ll make sure as many people as we can\u00a0get more\u00a0minutes than they did today.<\/p>\n
“They’re very comfortable. It’s an easy place to come and settle, it’s very welcoming, but they’ll not be too satisfied getting back on the bus after that.”<\/p>\n
Goals from Robbie Brady, Robert Koren and Jay Simpson wrapped up a shock win for the newly relegated Championship side and Dalglish admitted there was still plenty of work to be done before the season starts.<\/p>\n
“In the second half we made a few more chances. I think in the first half we had one shot at goal, which wasn’t too compelling to watch. But for us the second half was better,” he added.<\/p>\n
“We still lost the second half 1-0, but we had three guys making their first appearances in a Liverpool shirt and they will get benefit from that.<\/p>\n
“Obviously we’re disappointed at losing the game. It doesn’t matter whether it was a pre-season friendly or not, but the fact it is pre-season gives us a wee bit of solace.<\/p>\n
He added: “We trained yesterday as if it was a game. Everybody ran about nine or 10 thousand metres, which is equivalent to what you do in a game, so it’s like playing a game and a half in two days.<\/p>\n
“We also travelled over this morning and it’s not ideal, but I would have expected a wee bit better
than that.<\/p>\n
“As I say, it is pre-season and it’s to get players fit and get rid of their mistakes – but I certainly think we’ve got a few mistakes to get rid of after today.”<\/p>\n
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