Carroll thanks Dalglish for support

Liverpool striker Andy Carroll has thanked manager Kenny Dalglish for sticking by him during what he accepts has been a personally disappointing season.

In the last couple of months there has been a noticeable upturn in the 23-year-old’s performances, and for 35 minutes of his substitute appearance in Saturday’s FA Cup final defeat and last night’s 4-1 demolition of Chelsea he was arguably the Reds’ best player.