Kenny Dalglish: "Andy is a professional footballer who understands what goes on in football.
"He worked really hard at Tottenham. It was a bad performance and a bad day for us.
"We don't have a team, we have a squad. There will be times when someone will play and others won't.
"Sometimes you'll be lucky and sometimes you'll be unlucky.
"But the football club is more important than one individual - including myself.
"I'm sure the players realise that. Although there will be a disappointment if you aren't playing, I think there's an understanding as well.
"They train together every day and they get that understanding there. They then look to transfer it into the match.
"We have a look at them every day and work out who does well together.
"If you get intelligent footballers playing together you have a good chance of getting a good performance from them and certainly we got that.
"We know it was not acceptable (at Tottenham) but the good thing is that the players realise it is not acceptable.
"We don't get carried away with the victories we have and we won't get suicidal over the defeats we have either.
"At the same time we have to address the problems, if we have them, and we will do. We'll do it properly and professionally."