Stoke City boss Tony Pulis has expressed his satisfaction at stopping Liverpool from playing after his side beat the Reds 1-0 at the Britannia Stadium.
The win came courtesy of a contentious penalty after Jamie Carragher was deemed to have illegally brought down Jonathan Walters, incurring the wrath of Kenny Dalglish after the game, with the Scot displeased that his side had seen several appeals fall on deaf ears.
"Kenny [Dalglish] will be as biased as I am. If you're at Stoke City that will always be the case," Pulis said.
"I'll respect his opinion, whether they were [penalties] or not I don't know, but I'll have a look later on.
"I thought we were pretty poor in possession of the ball at times and we are better than that, but we were really top drawer off the ball.
"We worked very, very hard. We stopped them from playing."
The Welsh boss had plenty of praise for Liverpool forward Luis Suarez, who endured a frustrating spell in front of goal but threatened the backline throughout the match.
"I thought [Luis] Suarez up front was absolutely fantastic. He looks a real, real player. A player that will grace the Premier League. His movement and touch at times was different class," Pulis said.
Pulis – who spent over £20 million on deadline day by signing Peter Crouch, Wilson Palacios and Cameron Jerome – admitted that the club must endeavour to improve.
"We need to keep that, we need to get better technically and improve the side, especially from a passing point of view," he said.
"But we still need that spirit and commitment."
The win extended Stoke's unbeaten start to the season to eight games, and the manager admitted he was delighted to have got off to such a strong opening to the campaign, and the Welsh boss admitted he was relieved and proud that his side got through a tough beginning to the Premier League.
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