Kenny Dalglish was unconcerned with the validity or otherwise of the penalty which set Liverpool on their way to a 2-0 victory at Sunderland. The referee awarded the Reds a penalty after John Mensah brought down Jay Spearing, but replays indicate the challenge occurred outside the area.
"I don't know how the penalty affected Sunderland. Whatever it did to Sunderland was none of my concern," Dalglish told Sky Sports News.
"It's what it did to us. We just kept playing and kept defending when we had to defend.
"We tried to break as often as we could and we got a reward for that."
January-signing Andy Carroll, making his first Premier League start for Liverpool, failed to open his scoring account, but Dalglish was impressed with his display.
"I thought it was a great effort for him to play 90 minutes on Thursday and 70 minutes here," he said. "He's not scored yet but he will score.
"You can tell he's a threat, you can tell he's a great asset for us. You can see from the way him and Luis (Suarez) linked up a couple of times there's going to be a lot to look forward to.
"We're delighted with the big man's progress but I'm sure he's pretty tired."
Suarez was on target with the second goal for the Reds but suffered a groin injury late on which could rule the Uruguay hitman out of the upcoming international games.
"We'll just have to wait and see," Dalglish added. "He's got a couple of games with Uruguay but they're only friendlies so if he's injured he won't be going."
Dalglish, who is contracted as manager until the end of the season, played down reports he has recently met with Liverpool's American owners to discuss a permanent deal at Anfield.
"I've met with the owners but there's not been any details regarding myself and a contract," he said.
"They're fantastic owners, they were really supportive in the January transfer window.
"The club is more important than me. I won't put anyone under pressure."
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