Joao Carlos signed for Liverpool | Bolton v Liverpool | English Premier League 2012

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish has urged his side to be more creative after they were held 0-0 at home by Stoke.

"The responsibility was on us to be more imaginative to break them down and we didn't manage to do it," he said.

"The couple of opportunities we got we didn't take and in a game like that you have to take them."

Liverpool have scored just 24 goals in 21 Premier League games this season, 32 fewer than leaders Manchester City.

The draw to Stoke was the seventh time in 11 Premier League home games that Liverpool have had to settle for a draw.


Their repeated failure to convert pressure into points at Anfield could leave them four points off European qualification if fifth-placed Arsenal win their game in hand away against Swansea on Sunday.

Liverpool began the game with three centre-halves - Martin Skrtel, Sebastian Coates and Jamie Carragher - and both record signing Andy Carroll and fellow striker Craig Bellamy on the bench in spite of the absence of the banned Luis Suarez.

But Dalglish insisted that the formation was largely influenced by the health of his squad.

"We left Daniel Agger out as a precaution, Jose Enrique had a bit of stomach virus so we were lucky to get him to play; we didn't have too many options," he added.

"The boys at the back looked pretty comfortable - but they were only playing against one person."

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[football]

Can the youngster be a hit at Liverpool?

[gunninlinguist]

BUY A STRIKER!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!

[1EnglandzFinest1]

@Liverpoolfcblog

Wrong, comolli buys for the academy and suggests signings for dalglish, it was dalglishs idea to stick to british players, you can see that through what he done at tottenham:

Bought lennon for 2m- worth 20m

Bale for 6m- worth 60+m

Esso ekotto for 2m- worth 10m

Berbatov for 8m- sold for 35m

Modric for 10-15m- worth 30-40m

He done wonders for them

[demsgaz]

when City & Chelsea are building the present, Liverpool is building the future. Yeah! (y)

[shagrath37]

@1EnglandzFinest1 add kevin prince boateng & taarabt to that equation !

[LFCfan1993LFC]

OK, so we had a rubbish January! no first team signings even though we had money to spend and it was quite blatant that we needed a cavani but nope. so this means if we don't sign cavani or higuain in the summer, dalglish has lost it! we are in as bigger predicament as we were when hodgeson left! as much as i hate to admit it, but we are! raul meireles and lucas was the closest CM partnership we've has since mascherano and alonso left but for some strange reason we destroyed it. back to square 1

[GlassOfMeltedIce]

@1EnglandzFinest1 I agree with what you are saying but lennon is worth about 5-10m max.

[itsSenget]

Chill guys. KK bought him less then 1 million.. Anyway ,, this kid look great for the future of Liverpool. YNWA ! (:

[vadim620]

Liverpool are close to getting cavani!

[MegaJoshinho]

@1EnglandzFinest1 wow your right

[KopMATT96]

a quiet f*****in window !!

we need a CAM AND A ST QUICK !!!