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Dalglish still smarting at decisions

ESPN staff
April 10, 2012
Kenny Dalglish has been left frustrated by recent results © Getty Images
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Kenny Dalglish has called on his Liverpool players to forget about "blatant decisions" he fells have gone against his side in recent weeks.

Liverpool's bid for Champions League football has failed on the back of a wretched run of form and the Carling Cup win earlier in the year is now a distant memory.

The club can salvage something from their season in the FA Cup, with a semi-final clash with Everton taking place on Saturday. Ahead of that game the Reds face Blackburn in the league and Dalglish is looking for his side to gain some much-needed confidence.

But Dalglish feels it is tough to pick his side up following a recent run of results which he believes officials have had a hand in. There was controversy in the recent loss at Newcastle, with keeper Pepe Reina controversially sent off and the Reds denied a penalty when Danny Simpson appeared to handle in the area.

Dalglish said: "The last three games blatant decisions have gone against us that are inexcusable.

"It would be helpful and more transparent if officials told us, if they explained the decisions to us, or even just held their hands up and said 'sorry I got that wrong' and we can see they have integrity. But they never say anything.

"We don't get everything right so it is understandable they don't either, but a bit of a respect towards us would help the situation.

"Otherwise people might think there is a conspiracy. We can't believe that, we can't let if affect us, and take it into the games coming up, because that would damage us. We have to keep going and ensure it doesn't affect the players."

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