Difficult challenge

It is unfortunate circumstances because a very good man, with great dignity and integrity, has lost his job."
Club legend Dalglish, who had occupied a position in Liverpool's Academy having not managed a club since leaving Celtic in 2000, is now tasked with the job of renewing fortunes.
When asked how difficult a challenge he faces, he replied: "We'll find out, I've only come off a plane."
Liverpool sit 12th in the Premier League in the wake of the wretched midweek defeat at one of Dalglish's former clubs, Blackburn, which proved to be Hodgson's last act.
The 18-time champions of England were also infamously eliminated from the Carling Cup by Northampton in September, while they will face Sparta Prague in the knockout stages of the Europa League in February.