Dalglish not out for personal glory

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish insists his ambitions are those of the club and he is not driven by personal success.

The 60-year-old leads the Reds into European competition for only the third time tonight in a last-16 first leg against Braga, having missed out completely during his first spell in charge two decades ago because of the ban on English clubs.

But he dismissed suggestions he would gain particular personal pride from succeeding in the Europa League, stressing all he wanted to do was to make the club successful again. He said: "It is no less an ambition to me than winning the next game."

The Scot continued: "It is not about Kenny Dalglish and my ambition, it is the club's ambitions and they have an ambition to be in a much healthier position than they are at this time.

"We will strive to do our best to get as far up the (league) table as we can and also in the Europa League and we will see where it takes us.

"But we won't lose out on anything from a lack of desire."

The Reds head into the match in Braga on the back of a morale-boosting 3-1 win over arch-rivals Manchester United on Sunday.

But Dalglish said neither he nor the players could allow that to cloud their thoughts on the task ahead against a side who are unbeaten at home in Europe, having already accounted for Celtic and Arsenal in the Champions League.

"We are not living in reflected glory," said the Reds boss. "Everyone was delighted with the performance, it was a big win for us which could do us the world of good but it will do us harm if we think that is the season finished.

"The boys trained really well (on Wednesday). I think they enjoyed it (the United win) but they won't get carried away with it."