Kop scream for Dalglish

AS Liverpool prepare to say farewell to their annus horribilis, there was scant evidence from their 36th and final Premier League game of a miserable year that things are likely to improve anytime soon.

A home game against the Premier League’s worst team presented Roy Hodgson and his players an opportunity to sign off the calendar year with a convincing victory to offer their followers a glimmer of hope to take into 2011.

And what did they deliver? A performance which leaves their fans dreading the coming months after a truly dreadful 1-0 defeat.