Greatest XI of all time - Liverpool 

Trequartista - Kenny Dalglish

All hail King Kenny

Kenny Dalglish was named the best post-war British striker by FourFourTwo and topped a Liverpool fans' poll of "100 Players Who Shook the Kop". Those accolades do not do justice to a player who was expected to fail, given he had to fill the giant boots of Kevin Keegan in 1977. As they say, the rest is history.

Dalglish went on to make history throughout his career and inscribed himself into club lore over the decades. He was the star of Bob Paisley's unstoppable Reds as they were untouchable in the league and dominated Europe. His ability to score goals (172 of them), intelligence to create more and the courage to take on any opponent set him apart as he broke records and won accolades season after season.

He was crucial to the club's success from 1977 through 1985 when he became the player-manager. He went on to win four more league titles by 1990 to cement his status at the club further. However, it is his compassion that earned him the moniker of "King Kenny" with the way he handled the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 where 96 fans lost their lives. He attended several funerals and helped fight for justice throughout, sealing his place among the upper echelons of the greatest humans to have graced Liverpool Football Club and deservedly has the Main Stand at Anfield named after him.

As Bob Paisley put it:

"Of all the players I have played alongside, managed and coached in more than forty years at Anfield, he is the most talented. When Kenny shines, the whole team is illuminated."