Dalglish now eyes Euro challenge after win over Fulham

LONDON: Kenny Dalglish saw Liverpool steam up to seventh in the Premier League last night.

They moved into their highest position this term courtesy of John Pantsil’s comical own goal on 52 minutes.

“That is one of the games I have seen where we have had a little bit of luck,” said Dalglish.

“We are delighted to be up to seventh. The players have had a tough four or five games on the spin so we can be very satisfied with another three points.

“But I think we are better than that. We will not get carried away – we want to be further up there than this.

“To be honest, Fulham will be feeling a little hard done by and thinking they deserved something from the game.

“But there have been many games where we thought we deserved more than we got.

“We showed a great amount of effort and a determination not to give up. That is a great credit to the players.”

And now Dalglish is confident Liverpool, who are nine points behind fourth placed Chelsea, can climb higher and challenge for a Europa League place or possibly even a Champions League spot.

“I think we are better than seventh,” he said. “We will not get carried away – we want to be further up there than that. We want to win more games and we will try and do that.

“We are delighted to be up to seventh in the Premiership because we have been through four of five hard games, so the lads can be very happy.”

Liverpool had an early Fernando Torres goal incorrectly ruled out for offside and looked the better side in the first half but they failed to make the most of their possession.

However, they made the most of Pantsil’s error shortly after the break when he tried to clear off his own goal line but sliced into his own net.

Hughes admitted afterwards that he was at a loss to explain how his side had lost.

Fulham have very real relegation worries as they sit just four points off the bottom three in 15th place, but if they can produce performances like this one they should have little to worry about.

Hughes added: “I have been involved with many teams as a player and manager and come here and been totally dominated and were lucky to get anything.

“But this was the total opposite. We came here and really took the game to Liverpool and not to get anything out of it is very disappointing because we certainly deserved something.”