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The Anfield boss did admit that they had to depart captain Steven Gerrard in England, as he has troubles with his groin.According to pre-match reviews on the club’s internet site, Dalglish said: “He’s not suffered any aggravation. He’s received a dilemma with his groin.”He’s not travelled and we’ll have him looked at. We ought to have far more news on Friday. There is nothing new.”Dalglish was also pleased with how new signing Andy Carroll has fitted in at Anfield.He stated: “He’s been wonderful in the way he has responded to the health-related people’s guidance and the way they’ve received him by way of the recuperation method.”We’re as desperate to get him on the pitch as he is. But we’ll be responsible. The games are part and parcel of his fitness and recuperation, and we’ll be as accountable as the health care men and women have been.”Andy and ourselves will each have to be affected person.”The Liverpool supervisor was cautious about his hopes for a win, given the high quality of the opposition.”It is a challenging match for us,” he stated. “We’ve watched Baraga on DVD and we know what we’re up in opposition to.”We know they had a fantastic period very last yr. This period it possibly hasn’t gone as effectively as they would have hoped, but that doesn’t suggest it is not going to be nearly anything other than a tough game for us tomorrow.”They function hard for every single other, are quite effectively organised and we know that if we’re not up to having a great, aggressive game then we’re going to be in difficulty.”The wily tactician refused to give any hint of how he may set his aspect out in opposition to Braga, however.Dalglish mentioned: “We’ll play in whichever way the game is thrown at us. If we’ve acquired the ball, naturally we’ll try out to score and if we do not have it, we’ll check out our very best not to lose a objective.”It’s quite difficult to score a target if you don’t have the ball, but that doesn’t imply to say the far more possession you have, the much better chance you have of scoring.”It’s all about what you do with the ball and if we’re much more innovative with it, then we’ll have a far better likelihood of scoring.”But Braga are a quite excellent facet who operate really hard for every single other and are effectively organised. It’s heading to be a hard game, but we hope Braga are saying the identical about us.”When asked if he felt his aspect were favourites, Dalglish responded: “I’ve in no way imagined about it. There are only two teams taking part in, so I suppose we have a 50/fifty chance – but I don’t feel that makes us favourites.”We have a wonderful respect for Braga and what they’ve accomplished over the final couple of years, so we will deal with them with the utmost respect. No matter whether we’re favourites or not, it doesn’t have an effect on our tactic and dedication to get a end result.”Dalglish also gave his thoughts about local boy Raul Meireles, who also travelled to his hometown to deal with Braga.”He’s a very intelligent footballer,” he mentioned. “He’s been a aspect of the Portugal nationwide crew for a few years and can play in a variety of positions. He enjoys playing football, teaching and becoming at Liverpool.”He is a tremendous asset to us at the football club, on and off the pitch. You can see in the way he conducts himself, he does it extremely professionally and correctly.”For us, the most crucial component is on the pitch – and he’s completed played extremely nicely and because I came in, he’s created a substantial contribution.”Braga will provide a stiff test of Liverpool’s Europa League ambitions, given the Portuguese side has beaten the two Rangers and Arsenal this season previously

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