Get behind Kenny Dalglish, Roy Evans urges Liverpool fans

FORMER Liverpool manager Roy Evans has urged Reds fans to get behind Kenny Dalglish and his faltering team over the closing weeks of the season.

Defeat by Newcastle on Sunday made it six losses from seven league matches and left Dalglish’s side in eighth place. They have already secured a Europa League spot courtesy of their Carling Cup triumph and are in the semi-finals of the FA Cup, but their poor league form has seen Dalglish come under pressure.

Evans, manager between 1994 and 1998, said: “You have to be positive. You have to stick together in times like this, from the players, to the manager, the backroom staff and the supporters.

“It is always a difficult time when you go through periods like this as a manager. You know what it means to the fans. They are suffering at the moment. And they have every right to be critical. That is part of being a fan. But at the end of the day, Liverpool still have a chance of winning the FA Cup, to go alongside the Carling Cup.

“Kenny is not stupid. He knows that his team have not performed to their capabilities of late. The league position is not what anyone at the club wants it to be, but my message to the supporters would be to stick together and try to stay behind the team for the rest of the season.

“Because the team, the players, the manager, they need fans’ support at times like this.”