KENNY DALGLISH felt Liverpool deserved more from their 0-0 draw with Tottenham Hotspur, but said he was happy with his side’s performance.

The Reds recorded their eighth home Premier League draw with a stalemate against high-flying Spurs at Anfield, and remain seventh in the table, four points behind Chelsea, who occupy the final Champions League qualification spot.

The manager, though, insisted his side, who made most of the running in an attacking sense throughout, would have been worthy winners.

“The performance was excellent,” said Dalglish. “We’re disappointed to come away with just the one point, but we can’t criticise the players for their effort or the quality of the performance.

“And, like everything else, if we had just got a kind bounce of the ball in and around the goalmouth, then we might have walked away with all three points.

“But saying that, Pepe made a good save from the one-on-one with Gareth Bale towards the end. So everybody has made a good contribution, and we are happy with the performance. If we had got a goal, I think we’d have won the match.”

Dalglish resisted the urge to thrust Luis Suarez straight back into his starting line-up, with the Uruguayan emerging as a 65th minute substitute, having missed the Reds’ last nine fixtures through suspension.

“Luis has not played since December,” said Dalglish. “So I think it would be a bit unfair to throw him straight in. But he’s had half an hour, and that will do him the world of good. That’s better than anything we could do with him at Melwood.

“Every time Luis gets on the ball, you think he is going to do something. We are delighted to get him back. We don’t think he should ever have been away, but we look forward to working with him again.”

Dalglish said he was pleased with the form of his defence, who have now kept more clean sheets than any side in the league, but admitted his side’s lack of goals – they have managed just 14 in 12 Anfield league fixtures – remains a concern.

“It is important not to lose goals, but it is equally important to score them,” he added. “We create enough chances, but we have not scored as many goals as we would like to.

“We will just keep working away. I think it was Gary Player (the golfer) who once said ‘the harder I work the luckier I get’. We will keep working hard to get the luck.

Dalglish also refused to be drawn after hearing Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney had tweeted that Suarez should have been dismissed for kicking Scott Parker in the stomach, as he waited for a dropping ball in the penalty area. The Uruguayan picked up a booking from referee Michael Oliver for the incident.

And Dalglish said: “Luis never saw him, that is it. If Wayne or (Sky Sports pundit) Gary Neville want to ask me the question, I will answer them. If not, I think I will just plead the fifth amendment.”