Liverpool icon Kenny Dalglish says there were promising signs from their opening day 1-1 draw with Arsenal.
David Ngog fired Liverpool into an early second-half lead and only a 90th-minute own-goal from Pepe Reina prevented Roy Hodgson from marking his first Barclays Premier League game in charge of the club with a win - though Dalglish feels there are still plenty of positives to be taken.
"The players can be proud of their efforts against Arsenal," Dalglish told LFC Weekly.
"It reminded me a little bit of the performance last season when we went down to 10 men against Everton. Obviously we held out for the win that day and this time we were unlucky not to do the same.
"Before the game you could sense that the crowd were excited by the anticipation of a new season. It was the loudest I've heard them for a long time and the atmosphere inside Anfield was electric.
"It took a while for both teams to feel their way into the game but in the second half, despite being down to 10 men, I felt that everything came alive and we created more chances than them.
"Arsenal passed the ball well - as they always do - but we defended as a team. Rather than just prove that we didn't want to lose, we tried to force the game and that really impressed me."
