Dalglish: Carroll will bide his time

LIVERPOOL captain Steven Gerrard’s return from injury briefly deflected the spotlight away from striker Andy Carroll but manager Kenny Dalglish knows it is bound to return.

The club’s £35 million (€40 million) record signing has yet to score in five Premier League appearances — three of which have been starts — with his only goal so far coming against League One Exeter in the Carling Cup.

Carroll was left on the bench in midweek for the fourth-round tie at Brighton and with Craig Bellamy, Luis Suarez and Dirk Kuyt combining well, it only prompted more questions about how the England international fits in to Liverpool’s pass-and-move approach.