Kenny Dalglish admits Liverpool must alter their playing style if they are to bring the best out of striker Andy Carroll.
The £35million arrival from Newcastle has been effective in the air in his three appearances for the Reds but Dalglish feels his side has been too direct with Carroll in the side.
The Scot, in his second spell as manager of the club, insists Carroll is much more than just a target man and he plans to use his squad to play to the 22-year-old's strengths.
"Andy has tremendous assets which we have to learn to get the best out of and we have got assets that will help," said Dalglish.
"But he has to learn how we can get the best out of him. We have to fuse the two things together, play to his strengths but also play to ours and it will take a bit of time to get it working.
"The quicker they get gelling with each other the better it will be for everyone but I think the signs are very positive."
Carroll made his debut as a substitute in the 3-1 win over Manchester United earlier this month, followed by two appearances against Braga.
But Liverpool exited the Europa League with a whimper on Thursday night, failing to breach the Portuguese outfit over two legs and conceding in the first.
Dalglish admits his frustration at not building on the win over United and realizes he has a difficult task in restoring consistency at the club.
"It is frustrating when you can beat a team like Manchester United and then not get past Braga but I suppose every team has their frustrations," said the 60-year-old.
"Results are unpredictable for every club. For us we did beat Manchester United at Anfield but we never gloated or dwelt on it, we took the three points enjoyed the moment and then moved on.
"The two games since then we lost away to a penalty in Braga and we drew 0-0 here. We could have done with a bit of luck, especially at home, but that is the way football is.
"We have always tried to encourage and instruct and direct in the right way and I don't think we will change that.
"We have to make the minimum amount of mistakes as we can and the players have to as well and we will all work together and see where it takes us at the end of the day."
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