Kenny: Henderson won't get rough ride

10 August 2011 15:28
Kenny Dalglish insists Jordan Henderson should not get a rough ride from Sunderland fans in Liverpool's opening Premier League game Saturday.[LNB] The midfielder left the Black Cats for Liverpool earlier this summer and Dalglish says his former club have to be "philosophical" about the move.[LNB]Dalglish told the Liverpool Echo: "Obviously Jordan is one they've lost. He's a good player who they would have been understandably reluctant to let go.[LNB]"But sometimes as a manager you've got to be philosophical and say if a player wants to go we should let him leave. I don't think [Sunderland fans] will have any animosity towards Jordan.[LNB]"Sunderland will be a difficult fixture. There's been a major turnaround of players there over the summer.[LNB]"We'll need to do a bit of revision and see which players Steve has brought in and let go. Their team will be very different to the one we faced back in March."[LNB]Meanwhile, Luis Suarez has returned to training after being given an extended break following Uruguay's involvement in the Copa America, and is in contention for the starting line-up on Saturday.[LNB]Suarez could partner Andy Carroll, whom Dalglish says has fully recovered from the injury that affected him last season.[LNB]"Andy's injury meant he was only able to train at 100% on rare occasions last season," said Dalglish. "He even played in some games when we knew he wasn't going to be at his best.[LNB]"Now he is fully over that knock and has been able to do a lot more on the training field in pre-season.[LNB]"That's showed in the games he has played over the last few weeks. He's fitter and scoring some goals."

Source: Team_Talk