KD on Luis, Stoke and progress

The home side had looked on course to book their place in the last eight when Kenwyne Jones punished the Reds for their wasteful finishing with a bullet header on 44 minutes.

However, a devastating second-half brace from Suarez turned the game on its head to leave the boss more than satisfied with his No.7's contribution.

Asked to describe the Uruguayan's ability, Dalglish told his post-match press conference: "Well you are the ones who are supposed to have the qualifications in English. You've got better words than me.

"I ran out of words to describe him after a week when he came to our club. His first was a fantastic goal, but I don't think you'd expect him to score with a tap-in would you?

"He could have taken one before that and maybe it would have been more comfortable for us, but it was worth waiting for."

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Suarez headed the winning goal on 86 minutes but was substituted just seconds later as he appeared to limp from the field.

Dalglish explained: "He got kicked right at the end of the first half. He turned Jonathan Woodgate. He made contact with him but he tried to stay on his feet to take the chance. That's where he hurt his leg. That just emphasises what we say about the wee man. He had the opportunity to stay on his feet (and did).

"Both of his goals pleased us, but the most important thing was the way the boys went about their work.

"It was a fantastic first time ball in from Jordan (Henderson). The quality of the pass in and the header was top class.

"But you get excited about any goal don't you?"

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It had looked like being another 90 minutes of frustration in front of goal for Dalglish and co until Suarez intervened.

The boss admits he was delighted with his side's response following the interval and that they finally got their reward for their inventive approach play.

He said: "Every win is important, but for us the most important thing is that we hung on in there. In the first-half we missed six chances that you would expect us to put away - at least one or two of them anyway.

"But they got one in front and in the second half the boys dug deep and defended really well. The wee man scored a fantastic goal and a good header as well.

"The win is important for everybody, but I think the most important thing was that we finished off some of the football we have been playing. In the last two or three games we have created a lot of chances and not been able to put them away. That'll give us a wee bit of confidence as well."

He added: "We are always disappointed to concede any goal, but you are not going to come here and go away unscathed are you? Normally they get a goal from somewhere - that's why they have been successful. We had to match up to Tony's (Pulis) team and make sure we passed and moved when we had the opportunity. We did that in the first half without scoring.

"The way we came back was more important to us than the mistake. It was the way we reacted to it."

The Reds will now await Saturday's quarter-final draw with interest and Dalglish admitted he was delighted that his team had taken one step closer to Wembley.

He said: "We've got our reward. We are in the hat for the next round. We can now get ourselves dusted down for another difficult game at West Brom. But certainly it's better to be in the competition than out of it. We always try to be respectful to the competition and I think Stoke were too; there were two strong teams out on the pitch tonight."