Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has paid a glowing tribute to the club's owners as they prepare to celebrate a year in charge of the Anfield outfit.
Saturday's eagerly-anticipated Premier League clash with Manchester United marks the anniversary of the arrival of John W Henry's Fenway Sports Group on Merseyside.
And Dalglish, who replaced Roy Hodgson at the helm earlier this year, feels the Americans measure up to the men who were in charge of the Merseyside outfit during his first stint as manager back in the 1980s.
Sir John Smith and Peter Robinson were the men in the boardroom for a much more successful spell in the club's history, but Dalglish believes the latest incumbents are already guiding the club in the right direction after just 12 months.
"The greatest compliment I can pay to them is that they're as good as the people who ran the club the first time I was here," he told the club's official website.
"That's a hell of a statement because the people who ran the club then, Sir John Smith and Peter Robinson, were two of the best any football club could ever have had.
"John, Tom Werner and the rest of the investors that have supported this football club have been absolutely fantastic.
"Since I came in January they've been nothing but supportive towards what we have to do. Their ambitions and aims are exactly the same as our most ardent fan - they want to have the success that everyone craves. And they've started off very encouragingly.
"We wish them a happy birthday and if we can get a win to put the icing on the cake then fine, we'll be happy with that.
"But irrespective of the result it won't take away how good they are as owners."
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