Source: Team_Talk
Arbeloa admires Dalglish style
Alvaro Arbeloa feels Kenny Dalglish has succeeded where predecessor Roy Hodgson failed at Anfield because his style is more suited to the team.[LNB] The six months the ex-Fulham boss had in charge saw the side struggle for results and performances with many criticising the Englishman's tactics.[LNB]Dalglish replaced him in early January and the turnaround on the field was marked, with the team enjoying the kind of form which would have put them on a par with Chelsea and Manchester City had it been reproduced over a full season.[LNB]Real Madrid full-back Arbeloa watched from afar as a club he still holds in great esteem struggled at times and agreed with the consensus that Hodgson was just not the right fit for the Reds.[LNB]"I think they played maybe too many long balls under Hodgson," said Arbeloa.[LNB]"I think Liverpool are the type of team that has to play more football.[LNB]"Technically they have some really good players and they need to play more football.[LNB]"I think with Dalglish, who was one of the best players in the history of Liverpool, they look more confident and they improved a lot."[LNB]Many attributed Liverpool's problems to a gradual decline since they ran Manchester United a close second in 2009, which appeared to be prompted by the departure of Xabi Alonso to Real.[LNB]However, Arbeloa's Madrid team-mate, whom he also played alongside at Liverpool, believes that was too simplistic an explanation and was disrespectful to the players who remained.[LNB]In the absence of the experience duo of Alonso and Javier Mascherano, who left for Barcelona last summer, Brazil midfielder Lucas Leiva enjoyed his best season in a Reds shirt.[LNB]But Alonso stressed it would be wrong for his former club to be looking for a player with an identical match to his own talents.[LNB]"I think that Lucas for example, has improved quite a lot the last few years, he has won a lot of importance in the team and has become quite mature," the Spain international told sportsillustrated.com.[LNB]"But [let's not] think about a new Alonso. Try to think of a new pattern, a new pattern of play, a new idea of how to play and that comes from Kenny, as well as (assistant manager) Steve Clarke who's done a great job.[LNB]"That's going to be important to create a style, and that's what they're going to try to work on.[LNB]"And now, when they sign new players, try to gel them as well as possible."
