Kenny's Cup final injury update

Having rotated his squad for the last two fixtures against Norwich City and Fulham, the boss expects to have a fully fit batch of players to select from at Wembley on Saturday.

And Dalglish insists Liverpool will head to London in confident mood despite Tuesday's 1-0 defeat to the Cottagers – though he admits the Reds hold a great deal of respect for Chelsea and the current form of the Champions League finalists.

The manager told his pre-match press conference at Anfield: "We've given everybody an opportunity to get themselves fit and I don't think we've got any injuries, apart from the long-term ones in Lucas and Charlie Adam.

"In a way, it's made it a little bit more difficult that everybody is fit – but every team you pick is always a difficult task.

"We go into Saturday's game with a full squad of players, apart from the two lads."

Dalglish continued: "We're quite happy with the mood round and about the football club. Everybody knows it's going to be a really difficult game and nobody will underestimate Chelsea with the run they're on.

"I wouldn't know if it's confidence or not, but it's certainly not arrogance. We've got a huge deal of respect for Chelsea Football Club and what they've done."

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Saturday's showpiece represents Liverpool's second final of the season having won the Carling Cup against Cardiff City in February.

Nonetheless, Dalglish believes the experience the Reds gained from that occasion will have little bearing on the outcome of the FA Cup final.

He said: "Chelsea have also been to Wembley once and won (in the FA Cup semi-final), so I don't think it's that much of an advantage.

"We're delighted to get to Wembley and we were delighted to win the Carling Cup. We were really pleased with the result and performance against Everton in the semi-final and now we'll go back again.

"I don't know how us having been to Wembley twice before, and Chelsea having been there in the semi-final, gives anybody an advantage.

"We've already tasted a cup final this year in the Carling Cup. Getting to the FA Cup final is never to be undermined, overlooked or overestimated in anyway - it's a fantastic day out for everybody.

"It's great reward for the effort, commitment and respect we've paid to the competition with the teams we've fielded.

"We think we deserve to be there and we're happy to be there."

Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher also faced the world's press at Anfield ahead of Saturday's clash as part the pre-match build-up.

The trip to Wembley will be the Scouse duo's third FA Cup final for Liverpool and their 10^th major final overall for the club.

Reporters questioned Dalglish whether the duo's experience could assist the younger members of the squad in getting fully prepared for kick-off.

"Experience helps, but the boys have got to help themselves as well," he said. "They (Gerrard and Carragher) can't go babysitting everyone.

"They (the players) have played there twice before and won a cup competition and the semi-final. Some have also played there for there for their countries.

"They've just got to look after themselves – and they're big strong boys and can.

"I don't think it matters when you get into a cup final how many times you've played there and won before.  Many, many people have won it the first time they've played in it.

"It'll be a help that Jamie and Steven are at this football club, but on the pitch the players have got to look after themselves as well as getting a bit of help from each other."

While Liverpool have endured an up-and-down league campaign, they've performed superbly in the cup competitions, eliminating Manchester City, Manchester United, Everton and Chelsea from either the Carling Cup or FA Cup this season.

On whether winning two trophies would represent a successful season, Dalglish replied: "We'll see what happens. We're in the Cup final – there's no guarantee we're going to win, but there is a guarantee we're going to give everything we've got to try and win.

"The season will be assessed when it's finished, not part way through it."

Liverpool recorded two victories over Chelsea at the tail end of 2011.

Both wins came at Stamford Bridge with Glen Johnson's late strike securing a 2-1 success in the Barclays Premier League, before Maxi Rodriguez and Martin Kelly fired in a Carling Cup quarter-final triumph.

However, the Blues' campaign has been rejuvenated by the appointment of Roberto Di Matteo as interim manager in March, and last week the Londoners secured a place in the Champions League final at the expense of Barcelona.

"Chelsea have had a fantastic achievement in getting to the Champions League final, especially with the two performances they put in against Barcelona," said Dalglish.

"They were two really good performances and two fantastic results to get themselves through.

"Like every other game you play, it doesn't matter how well you play or how committed you are, you need a little bit of good fortune – and the good fortune went their way as well as a fantastic performance.

"They've done very well. They beat Tottenham in the semi-final to get through to the final. They're on a good run at the moment."

On the influence Liverpool's two wins over Chelsea already this season could have on the Cup final, Dalglish added: "I don't think it will help or hinder us. Those games are gone and we got two positive results.

"But they've changed their manager since then and they're on a good run. There is a lot changed since those two games."

Meanwhile, journalists quizzed Dalglish on whether he felt there was an increasing fixation amongst teams with finishing in the top four of the Barclays Premier League rather than targeting success in the domestic cup competitions.

He replied: "In any competition you enter, you want to do the best you possibly can. In the league, it's 38 games and at the end of it you finish in a position and that tells you how successful you've been.

"In cup competitions, obviously there aren't as many games and if you get beat, you're out.

"There is an obsession with the Premier League simply because of what it holds for every club and the value to every club financially, and also the rewards you get for finishing in the top four and getting into the Champions League.

"But there is a satisfaction from winning a cup competition that you don't get from finishing fifth or sixth in the league."