Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish insists striker Andy Carroll is not struggling for confidence.<br /><br />The club's record signing has scored three goals in 19 appearances this season and only five in 28 since his £35m move to Anfield.<br /><br />"I don't think self-belief is a problem for Andy Carroll, I don't see why it should be," Dalglish said.<br /><br />Carroll, 22, could make his second consecutive start for Liverpool against his old club Newcastle on Friday.<br /><br />He made his first start in four matches in Boxing Day's 1-1 draw with Blackburn and could have scored had it not been for two good saves by Rovers goalkeeper Mark Bunn.<br /><br />Dalglish said: "There is nothing to say he is short of belief and there is no evidence he should be.<br /><br />"One game he played in we went down to nine men [the 4-0 defeat by Tottenham] and another [the loss at Fulham] we had another sent off.<br /><br />"I think yourselves [the media] have a bigger problem with Andy than anyone else.<br /><br />"This week is understandable because it is against Newcastle but I don't understand the rest of the stuff."<br /><br />/football on Youtube brings you the latest football news, transfer rumours and footballing gossip from the English Premier League and European Champions League.
