Rude wake-up call

LONDON: Kenny Dalglish finally woke up to the harsh reality of managing Liverpool.

The Kop’s caretaker chief lost his second consecutive game since taking over from Roy Hodgson as his flops crashed at humble Blackpool.

After a 10th defeat of the season for Liverpool, and a stunning league double for Blackpool, King Kenny said: “It’s obviously a big challenge – seldom do you get a job where there’s not.

“Every side that has been successful needs a bit of luck but the sooner we get stuck in and don’t feel sorry for ourselves, the better chance we will have.

“But it’s not just that – we have a lot of work to do.”

Fernando Torres put Liverpool into an early lead but Gary Taylor-Fletcher and DJ Campbell gave Blackpool their first double over the Reds in 64 years.

But Dalglish added: “The attitude was encouraging and the harder we try the luckier we will get. So we will keep trying but obviously I’m disappointed we came away with no points.”

Liverpool are now 13th – four places behind Ian Holloway’s battlers – and just 20-1 to get relegated.

Delighted Tangerines manager Ian Holloway labelled the win, which saw his side rise to ninth in the table, said the result was his finest at Blackpool.

“That’s the best of the lot I think,” he said.

“After they took the lead it could have been a long hard horrible night but I’m so proud of my lads.

“If you told me would beat Liverpool home and away before the season I would think you were doolally.”

Meanwhile Holloway urged Charlie Adam to stay at Bloomfield Road.

Several Premier League clubs have expressed an interest in signing Adam this month and the Tangerines have already rejected a £3.5mil bid from Birmingham City for the pivotal midfielder, who has 18 months left on his Blackpool deal.

“If they want to insult me by offering only £3.5 million for Charlie then they are barking up the wrong tree and messing with the wrong dog because I will bite them,” Holloway said.