We have got a problem winning games in the league. We have to educate ourselves and maybe we have to not play the lovely football that we have been.

Highdown; New Ed edition (18 May 2007). Following the end of the season Liverpool sacked Dalglish on 16 May 2012 citing that "results in the Premier League have been disappointing". With the sale of Ian Rush to Juventus in 1987 Dalglish formed a new striker partnership of new signings John Aldridge and Peter Beardsley for the 1987–88 season and he played only twice in a league campaign which saw Liverpool gain their 17th title.

Soon afterwards he stepped down as Blackburn manager to become Director of Football at the club before leaving altogether in 1996. Despite winning the League Cup which earned them a place in the Europa League and reaching the FA Cup Final Liverpool could only finish 8th in the Premier League and Dalglish was dismissed in May 2012. Dalglish began his career with Celtic in 1971 going on to win four Scottish First Divisions four Scottish Cups and one Scottish League Cup with the club.