Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has claimed that his side were unlucky in their 1-0 defeat at Sunderland.

Nicklas Bendtner's second-half strike was enough to condemn the Reds to their third consecutive Premier League loss.

Despite the result, Dalglish believes that his side could have won on another day.

"I don't think it was a great game," the Scot told Sky Sports News.

"It won't be frustrating for the Sunderland fans, they have won, but I don't think it was a great game.

"I think we more than matched them and sometimes you come away with something, sometimes you don't. Today they got a bit of good fortune for the goal and that was the difference between the two teams."

The defeat has kept the Merseysiders seventh in the Premier League table.