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    Dalglish was signed to replace Kevin Keegan and quickly settled into his new club.

    He made his
    debut on 13 August 1977 in the season opener at Wembley, in the 1977 FA Charity Shield against
    Manchester United. He scored his first goal for Liverpool in his league debut a week later on 20
    August, against Middlesbrough. Dalglish also scored three days later on his Anfield debut in a 2–0
    victory over Newcastle United, and he scored Liverpool's sixth goal when they beat Keegan's
    Hamburg 6–0 in the second leg of the 1977 European Super Cup. By the end of his first season with
    Liverpool, Dalglish had played 62 times and scored 31 goals, including the winning goal in the
    1978 European Cup Final at Wembley against Bruges.[22]
    In his second season, Dalglish recorded a personal best of 21 league goals for the club and was also
    named Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year. He did not miss a league game for
    Liverpool until the 1980–81 season, when he appeared in 34 out of 42 league games and scored
    only eight goals as Liverpool finished fifth in the league, but still won the European Cup and
    Football League Cup. He recovered his goal-scoring form the following season, and was an ever-
    present player in the league once again, scoring 13 goals as Liverpool became league champions for
    the 13th time, and the third time since Dalglish's arrival. It was also around this time that he began
    to form a potent strike partnership with Ian Rush;[23] Dalglish began to play just off Rush, "running
    riot in the extra space afforded to him in the hole".[24] Dalglish was voted PFA Players' Player of
    the Year for the 1982–83 season,[25] during which he scored 18 league goals as Liverpool retained
    their title. From 1983 Dalglish became less prolific as a goalscorer, though he remained a regular
    player.[26]
    After becoming player-manager on the retirement of Joe Fagan in the 1985 close season and in the
    aftermath of the Heysel Stadium disaster, Dalglish selected himself for just 21 First Division games
    in 1985–86 as Liverpool won the double, but he started the FA Cup final win over Everton. On the
    last day of the league season, his goal in a 1–0 away win over Chelsea gave Liverpool their 16th
    league title.[27] Dalglish had a personally better campaign in the 1986–87 season, scoring six goals
    in 18 league appearances, but by then he was committed to giving younger players priority for a
    first-team place.[citation needed]
    With the sale of Ian Rush to Juventus in 1987, Dalglish formed a new striker partnership of new
    signings John Aldridge and Peter Beardsley for the 1987–88 season, and he played only twice in a
    league campaign which saw Liverpool gain their 17th title. Dalglish did not play in Liverpool's
    1988–89 campaign, and he made his final league appearance on 5 May 1990 as a substitute against
    Derby. At 39, he was one of the oldest players ever to play for Liverpool.[28] His final goal had
    come three years earlier, in a 3–0 home league win over Nottingham Forest on 18 April 1987.[29]

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