Dalglish continues to fail on groundhog day

Kenny Dalglish admitted he felt like he was stuck in an unwanted footballing groundhog day after Liverpool endured their latest Anfield no-show.

It was the same sorry tale of a failure to take their chances as the hosts succumbed to West Brom on home soil for the first time since 1967 — to the day — courtesy of a late winner from Peter Odemwingie.

Liverpool struck the woodwork twice, had chances cleared off the line and came up against an inspired goalkeeper in West Brom’s Ben Foster. Dalglish has seen the scenario unfold on too many occasions this term, and the manager confessed: “You could go back over the old interviews I’ve done this season and I’d be saying exactly the same things.