Dalglish slams timing of Liverpool-Chelsea clash
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has slammed the scheduling of Tuesday's League Cup quarter-final against Chelsea as "irresponsible".
The Scot was furious when he discovered his side would have to play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge two days after Sunday's league match at home to Manchester City.
Liverpool held discussions with the Premier League, Football League and Sky television in an attempt to get one of the games moved but it was to no avail.
"Forty-eight hours is a bit irresponsible for the people who've organised the dates of the matches. It's not just us, it's Man City," he told liverpoolfc.tv.
"To ask any team or any players to play two games of high intensity in 48 hours is a bit of a joke.
"I don't know why the PFA (Professional Footballers' Association) don't come in and say something about it - it's their players. For me it's difficult to understand why they don't come out and say something. Or do they agree with it?
"We know we've got to accept it although we don't agree with it, and it won't affect the application or give us an excuse.
"There'll be one or two bumps and bruises I would have thought, and maybe one or two missing, but we have a strong squad and we've made changes in other Carling Cup matches.
"It will be a late shout because we have to give everyone the best possible opportunity to recover.
"We've sold out our tickets for the match, we know what's expected, the players know what's expected of them, so all we can do is try our best and see what happens."
Chelsea played on Saturday so they have had an extra day to recover.
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