Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has expressed his delight about returning to action for the club, after describing his six-month injury lay-off as a “nightmare”.
"It's been a nightmare for me,” Gerrard lamented. “I'm not the best when I'm out injured and watching games.
"It's been tough and the last six months have been a rollercoaster. It's behind me now and I'm looking forward to getting match fit and getting back in the starting line-up.
"I'd been out a long time and it was fantastic to be out there in that kit again and it was nice to get a win as well."
The England midfielder has been sidelined since March with a groin injury after suffering a number of setbacks in his recovery. Dalglish was careful not to risk the inspirational midfielder but put him on for the final 20 minutes of Wednesday night's game.
Liverpool will return to Premier League duty this weekend and will look to get their title ambitions back on track following back-to-back defeats to Stoke and Tottenham.
And Dalglish has claimed Gerrard's return has given everyone at the club a lift but said he would not rush his recovery.
“Steven coming back in was fantastic for everyone connected with the football club,” Dalglish said.
“But we’re more pleased for Steven than anyone else because he has worked really hard to get here, he has had a few disappointments along the way and just to get the 20 minutes would have given him a lift.
“We’ll manage his situation as well as we have done to get him this far. We want the same as what he wants but we’ll need to be careful with it and we’ll not get carried away by the fact that he’s back for 20 minutes.”
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