Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish has urged fans not to compare Jordan Henderson with Steven Gerrard.

Speaking in his regular column for the Daily Mirror, Dalglish believes Henderson deserves a lot of credit for his development playing in front of the Kop.

"It is unfair to use the word 'replace' when you talk about Jordan, Steven Gerrard and the Liverpool captaincy, though.

"He doesn't replace Steven. Nobody will - you can forget ANYBODY coming in as a one-off replacement. He just takes over as captain when Steven leaves in the summer. Taking on the mantle doesn't seem to faze Jordan.

"It's like a sport all its own in this country - you pigeonhole somebody coming through and put a tag on them.

"But he is his own man and if you're your own person, you have got a better chance of succeeding.

"Jordan was only a 19-year-old boy when he moved to Liverpool from Sunderland.

"You could see in the matches and when he trained that he was determined to be a top-class footballer and he has worked as hard as anyone to become one."