Source: PA
Dalglish warns his side to keep their cool
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish hopes his players will display the intelligence required to win the 215th Merseyside derby after errors cost the side defeat in his first two matches in charge.
Daniel Agger's misjudged first-minute challenge on Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov and Steven Gerrard's lunge at Michael Carrick ensured the Scot's first game in charge ended with an FA Cup exit at Old Trafford last weekend and more defensive slip-ups contributed to a 2-1 defeat at Blackpool in midweek.
Dalglish is desperately in need of a win but will send out his team - without the suspended Gerrard - at Anfield telling them to play the game and not the occasion.
"The players here know the importance of the derby and sometimes the local lads get carried away and are too motivated and get a bit heated," said the Reds boss, who with Jamie Carragher still sidelined with a shoulder injury will have no Scousers in his team.
"Nowadays if you say `Good morning' to someone you've got a chance of getting a red card. But you can't blame players for being passionate and committed - they've been highly criticised for not being passionate and committed.
"If there is a bit of understanding from the officials I'm sure it would ease things along a bit. You have to be intelligent - the fact it is a derby doesn't change the rules of the game, they are exactly the same. But you have to go and compete, just as you have in every other game."
