Kenny: We need your help

The Reds and the Swans have long enjoyed a good relationship which stretches back more than three decades.

Dalglish admits he's pleased to see Swansea back in the top flight - but knows they'll provide a stern test for his charges having made an impressive start to life in the Barclays Premier League.

The boss told Liverpoolfc.tv: "We'll try our very best and we need a bit of help from the people on the terraces this week just to be a wee bit patient.

"They're very well educated, they know what it's about. Sometimes because it's a newly-promoted team some people might take it for granted that we're going to get three points.

"Last year I think we lost four and won two of the matches against the promoted teams. If that had been reversed, we'd have been in the Champions League.

"We know it's very important for us to get results against anybody - it doesn't matter if they've just come up or not. We'll be going into the game trying to do the very best we possibly can to get three points."

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Dalglish sent a letter of congratulations to Swansea after they clinched promotion via the play-offs in May.

The Liberty Stadium side are currently 10^th in the Barclays Premier League and the decision of boss Brendan Rodgers to remain true to the club's pass-and-move values has won them plenty of admirers - including Dalglish.

He added: "It's nice to see any club promoted that has not been there for a long time. They were fantastic in achieving promotion. Brendan Rodgers has stuck to the beliefs they have in the passing and movement.

"Their philosophies will always be the same. The personnel might change, but they won't change their philosophies.

"We know it's going to be a difficult game. As we've said, we need to be patient, the supporters need to be patient and we need to accept there might be a time in the game when they've got possession.

"It's what we do with it that counts and the most important thing is to do better with our possession than what they do with theirs."

Several players have turned out for both Liverpool and Swansea over the years - and Dalglish cites the transfer of John Toshack from Anfield to Wales as the start of the friendly rapport between the clubs.

"The first link I remember was February '78 when Tosh (John Toshack) went there," he recalled. "He was at Liverpool when I came and was very good to myself and Marina. He really helped us to settle into Liverpool.

"Tosh left to become manager at Swansea City. Very shortly after that, they came up to Southport on a Friday. Of course, myself and a few of the lads went to watch them play.

"They had a fantastic run with Tosh in charge as manager. At the end of the 1977-78 season, they took a few players in Cally (Ian Callaghan) and Tommy Smith there to join them - Phil Boersma had a spell there as well.

"Because of Tosh, there was a really good link - a lot of former players went to play there. He was very much part of the furniture here and was always highly thought of and well respected."

Swansea were also the first team to visit Anfield in the league following the death of legendary manager Bill Shankly in 1981.

Dalglish continued: "The other big tie with Swansea for me - apart from playing Chris Lawler's testimonial - was they came back in '81 and were coincidentally the first (league) game at Anfield following the unfortunate death of Shanks.

"It was very fitting for Liverpool Football Club that Tosh was in the other dugout because he was a very integral part of Shanks' successful Liverpool teams.

"For us, that's really where the relationship arose. I think Tosh was there for about 10 years, but after he left I don't think there was much of a tie-up. I think it lasted 10 years from 78-88, during which they had a meteoric rise through the divisions to the First Division, which was great credit to Tosh.

"There is a fantastic relationship between both clubs."

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