Kenny Dalglish insisted his handling of the Luis Suarez race row with Patrice Evra was not the reason why he lost his job, even if admitting he would have handled it in a different manner if he had the opportunity to do so.
The legendary Liverpool player and manager was fired by the Liverpool owners - the Fenway Sports Group - after a disappointing season in which the Reds finished in eighth place in the English Premier League. Dalglish, however, won Liverpool their first trophy in six years with the League Cup while making it to the FA Cup final, where they lost to Chelsea.
However, that season will be more remembered for the Suarez issue where the Uruguayan striker was found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra and given an eight-match ban.
Dalglish and the club as a whole were criticized heavily for the vehement support given to Suarez, which included special T-shirts worn during warm-up, as well as various statements that came out of the club.
The former Liverpool manager believes the decision and the stance was not entirely down to him. "I don't think so," the Scot said when asked if he lost his job because of it. "That was up to them (owners Fenway Sports Group).
"I can go to sleep at night knowing what I did I did to the best of my ability and if that does not come up to their expectations or they want to go in another direction -- they own the club. The owners made the decision they thought was best for the club.
"They don't want to make a decision which is detrimental to the club because if they did that they would hang themselves because they have a huge investment in it. I think anything that is not done in a positive manner cannot help you but I was only the manager.
"There are other people with greater intelligence than me and greater responsibilities than me when it comes to something like this. I think (it was) the club as a whole. It wasn't just me.
"The T-shirts were the players wanting to show their support for a teammate. It might have been misguided and not have been right but it was not me who decided it."
"A lot of things were misguided, misinterpreted and misrepresented," Dalglish added on talkSPORT. "I was always brought up to tell the truth and what I believed to be the truth I said.
"If it ever came up again I would do it differently -- I would be less helpful and less forthcoming and I think that is sad."
