Agger: We know what we are missing

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Defender Daniel Agger insists no radical changes are required in order to solve Liverpool's goalscoring problems.

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A sixth home draw against the Barclays Premier League's bottom side Blackburn means the Reds have dropped 12 points from a possible 27 at Anfield. They have also scored only 21 goals in 18 league matches and Monday's match followed an all-too-familiar pattern as Kenny Dalglish's side dominated and created a number of chances but failed to take advantage.

"It would be a problem if we were not creating chances but when we are creating then you can't complain," said Agger. "But when you don't take your chances, you don't win football games."

He added: "If you look at all the games we've had plenty of chances and possession but it is just that final touch - it is not just one or two players, it is all of us missing chances.

"The only way to solve it is to create more because at some point it has to come. I really think for 80% or 90% of the time we are playing well.

"That's the strange thing, as normally when you play well you get a bit more luck but somehow we are missing that final touch - we need to find that. Normally when you try harder you get the luck and that's what we must keep doing."

In a lacklustre first half Andy Carroll had a goal disallowed for offside and Maxi Rodriguez was denied a penalty after being brought down by goalkeeper Mark Bunn as the assistant referee had raised his flag when it was Luis Suarez and not he who had crept ahead of the defence.

On the stroke of half-time Blackburn fortuitously took the lead when Charlie Adam diverted Morten Gamst Pedersen's corner into his own net, and although Rodriguez scored his 11th goal in 12 starts soon after the interval Liverpool could not find the equaliser.

Captain Steven Gerrard returned from a two-month injury absence as a second-half substitute as Liverpool pressed for the winner, but in the last few seconds Carroll was denied by a brilliant save from Bunn and Agger had a header cleared off the line by 17-year-old Adam Henley.

"We had a lot of shots on goal but you have to give credit to their keeper who made a few good saves," added the Denmark defender. "Looking at the game we still created chances so the confidence must still be there."

Dalglish defends Carroll

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish insists club record signing striker Andy Carroll is not struggling for confidence.

The £35million forward has failed to find his best form since his arrival from Newcastle. Carroll has scored three goals in 19 appearances this season and just five in 28 in a Reds shirt. He made his first start in four matches in Boxing Day's 1-1 draw with Blackburn during which he would have scored had it not been for two good saves by Mark Bunn.

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Dalglish said: "I don't think self-belief is a problem for Andy Carroll, I don't see why it should be. There's nothing to say he's short of belief and there is no evidence he should be."

He added: "One game he played (started) in we went down to nine men (the defeat at Tottenham) and another (the loss at Fulham) we had another sent off.

"I think yourselves (the media) have a bigger problem with Andy than anyone else.

"This week is understandable because it is against Newcastle but I don't understand the rest of the stuff."

Dalglish also said the club were still awaiting the arrival of the written verdict from Luis Suarez's disciplinary commission which banned the striker for eight-matches for using offensive words, including a reference to skin colour, towards Manchester United's Patrice Evra.

"We'll tell you when they arrive - I think they'll come on the (FA) website first," said the Reds boss, who added they had not received any news on a date for Suarez's misconduct hearing for allegedly making an offensive gesture to Fulham fans earlier this month.