The club have turned to former player and manager Dalglish to take up the reins for the rest of the campaign and try and rescue a wretched campaign for the Merseyside titans after Roy Hodgson left the club by mutual consent.
Dalglish, who wanted to return as manager before the appointment of Hodgson in the summer, will now take charge of the side for this weekend's FA Cup showdown with arch-rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Dalglish last managed a side in 1998 but the likes of Matt le Tissier and Phil Thompson
have every faith that he will unite the club after a torrid time. "He has kept involved and been at the games and his knowledge is pretty good," said Matt le Tissier on Soccer Saturday.
"The one thing he will have in his favour is that clearly he has the instant respect of the players because of what he has achieved as a player and as a manager.
"He will also unify the club - you can guarantee that the fans will get behind a team that Kenny Dalglish will manage."
Phil Thompson agrees and says that Dalglish's main aim is to unite all the fans behind the club.
"That is the biggest thing throughout this whole affair - there has been a split in the fans," added Thompson on Soccer Saturday.
"Some fans were having a go and those fans chanting at Hodgson. Kenny has always been there and he is a student of the game he watches football constantly.
"I can take the point that he has not had the players to deal with since 1998 and things may have changed, but you still have your principles and he will unite the whole of the club.
"It is a little bit like Alan Shearer with Newcastle - the fans want Kenny there. Kenny will go in there and bring everyone together and that is important because the club has been split too much.
"Results, well we will wait and see but you can bet you life those fans going to Old Trafford on Sunday will be up for it. Will the players react? I think they will."
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