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Dalglish full of pride for his never-say-die Liverpool

Kenny Dalglish was full of pride over Liverpool's never-say-die attitude for their 1-1 draw at Arsenal.

Deep into eight minutes of added time, after Reds skipper Jamie Carragher had been knocked out and carried off on a stretcher, Robin van Persie crashed home a penalty which looked to have sealed a much-needed victory.

Liverpool, though, snatched a point with the final kick of the match after Emmanuel Eboue pushed Lucas Leiva.

"I don't think there's any team anywhere that's shown the same attitude and commitment that our team showed there today," said the Scot.

"Losing Fabio Aurelio early on, putting a 17-year-old (Jack Robinson) on at left-back, losing our captain (Steven Gerrard), having a right-back at only 18 (Jack Flanagan) with his second game, we have lost our centre-forward (Andy Carroll), we've lost a goal and eight minutes into injury time they still didn't want to accept that we're going to get nothing from the game.

"You can't speak any higher about them than that."

Carroll limped off after an awkward fall in the second half, but the £35million striker is expected to recover quickly.

Dalglish said: "He just came off as a precaution. He jarred his knee.

"Andy has done fantastically well to get where he is through his rehabilitation when he signed for the club. It was wiser to take him off.

"We have got a few games left to play and we'd like him available for them. It was just a precaution."

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