Kenny on Cup tie and Agger
Kenny Dalglish today called on his players to repay the 'fantastic support' they received at Tottenham on Sunday by securing safe passage to the Carling Cup fourth round tomorrow night.
Click on the image below to watch our chat with Kenny
Despite the four goal defeat at White Hart Lane, the Reds' boss was full of praise for the way the travelling fans got behind their side - and he insists the backing wasn't lost on the players.
"For us the best part of the day was the support we got," said the boss. "The fans supported us fantastically and I think the boys will bear that in mind and look forward to repaying them in some way.
"I think we have exhausted Sunday with what we have said. It didn't please anybody and the players were really disappointed. We don't think we played well, even with eleven men we didn't play well. Maybe that's the standard we are setting for ourselves but we are not going to settle for anything less. We will look to do the best we possibly can in every game, we won't always play well but we will always try our best.
"We didn't start so well on Sunday, which contributed to our downfall, along with Spurs' play."
Liverpool face the long trek south to face Championship high-fliers Brighton on Wednesday night - and the boss is keen for a similar performance to the one which saw off the challenge from Exeter in the last round.
"We are pleased to be in the Carling Cup and our intention is to stay in it for as long as we possibly can," he added.
"We will have a strong team out tomorrow night and we will treat it in the same manner as we treated the Exeter game. If we go there with the same attitude then we will give ourselves the best chance to win. Brighton are doing fantastically well after getting promotion and were sitting on top of the table until they lost to Leicester.
"It will be a difficult game. We have got to get ourselves right, concentrate on ourselves, do our homework on Brighton and take forward it from there. We will approach it properly and professionally. They were totally professional when we played at Exeter and we'll have to do the same again if we want to get a result."
Meanwhile, the boss revealed he will be without the services of Daniel Agger at the Amex Stadium after the Danish defender was forced off at Tottenham on Sunday.
"Daniel has got a fractured rib, so he's struggling a bit," said Dalglish.
Click on the image below to watch how Agger picked up his injury
