Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish will not quit - Mark Lawrenson

Kenny Dalglish will not quit as Liverpool manager, according to former team-mate Mark Lawrenson.

Liverpool won the Carling Cup and are in the semi-finals of the FA Cup, but the 2-0 defeat by Newcastle was their sixth in seven Premier League games.

Lawrenson, who played alongside Dalglish in the 1980s, told BBC Radio 5 live: "I don't think he'd walk away.

"I don't believe he'll be sacked. It's a poor run, but the new owners are not going to make knee-jerk decisions."

Liverpool, who have have slipped to eighth in the league, meet city rivals Everton in the last four of the FA Cup at Wembley on 14 April.

BBC pundit Lawrenson added: "They could win the FA Cup this season, which would be two trophies, and that would be a strange thing to be sacked for.      Full Read