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Dalglish plays down significance

Image: Luis Suarez: Penalty was saved by Peter Brezovan in the Brighton goal

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish does not think a crushing win over Brighton will have any influence on the Carling Cup final.

Anfield boss does not think hammering will have Wembley impact

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish does not think a crushing win over Brighton will have any influence on next weekend's Carling Cup final. The Anfield club seemingly warmed up for their Wembley date in perfect style with a 6-1 hammering of Gus Poyet's side in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday. But ahead of facing another Championship club, Cardiff, in the Carling Cup final, Dalglish played down the possible impact of such a comprehensive win. "It gets us into the next round of the FA Cup," he told ESPN. "It does not really help us in the League Cup. "We will not be carried away. "We have got our reward for what we have done there and we have got a cup final at Wembley to look forward to." Liverpool were helped to their thrashing of Brighton by a remarkable three own goals, with Liam Bridcutt twice scoring at the wrong end and Lewis Dunk also suffering a moment to forget.

Bad decision

The Premier League club were even able to fail with a second-half penalty, when the score was 5-1, after Luis Suarez saw his spot-kick saved by Peter Brezovan. Dalglish had given the order for the Uruguayan to take the penalty ahead of Charlie Adam and Dirk Kuyt in the attempt to boost his confidence following the eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra. Suarez went on to score the sixth goal after being set up by Andy Carroll from Jose Enrique's cross. But after watching Brezovan's penalty save, Dalglish joked of the choice to give the spot-kick to Suarez: "That was a bad decision. "There was Charlie and Dirk wanted to take it. Maybe if it had not have been 5-1, one of them would have taken it. "But I thought it would have given Luis a wee leg up and help him on his way and get a goal at The Kop, which would have done his confidence no harm. "But he did not need my help. Big Andy gave him all the help he needed with the sixth goal."

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