Having fallen behind to Daniel Agger's 25th-minute own goal in the Premier League clash at Anfield, Bellamy drilled home a shot through a crowd of players four minutes later and added a second against his former side with a second-half free-kick. Gerrard made a 31-minute substitute appearance - only his second in two months after an ankle infection - and scored the third with a brilliant finish from a narrow angle. "It's not the first time we've praised him and it certainly won't be the last," said Dalglish of Bellamy, who left the field late on to have four stitches in an eye wound after a clash with Fabricio Coloccini. "He took the first one well because it was tight in the area and the second one was a free-kick. "The defender ran back on the line for some reason and Andy (Carroll) ran back with him. "It went between the goalkeeper and the full-back - it was a good free-kick and may have gone in any way. "We are delighted for him. We just hope his cut eye isn't too bad. As he came off I just said congratulations to him." On Gerrard's impact Dalglish added: "When Steven's not playing he's influential so I suppose you can add the word hugely influential when he is in the team. "He's getting back to fitness which is fantastic reward for him and everyone who has worked with him to get him back to the level he's at now. "He's always been a huge asset for the football club and he's got a lot of years to go yet and we'll look forward to that. "I think we were pretty much in control any way (before Gerrard's arrival). "They had a bit of possession at the start of the second half without really threatening but obviously, him scoring the third goal helped us. "He's put the pressure on himself now, scoring a goal but it's great to see him getting his reward. "He's worked really hard to get where he is. It was a freak injury really, so the boy deserves a bit of luck in 2012." The win was only the second in six matches at home after a proliferation of draws. Dalglish was delighted to get the three points despite not dominating as much as they had done in some of their previous draws. "I thought it was a fully-deserved victory," he said. "We showed great courage, commitment and desire to get back into the game after losing a goal. "We equalised, Martin (Skrtel) had a great clearance off the line and I think we deserved to win. "It's probably the game where we've created the least chances as well, but we've scored three goals. It's funny how that happens. "I'm not relieved, just satisfied that we got what we deserved. If we got what we deserved in every other (home) game I don't think it would have been unreasonable." Liverpool's second goal came from a cheap free-kick given away when Cheik Tiote fouled Agger and Newcastle boss Alan Pardew felt that incident changed the game. "I thought it was a tough call on us because I think Cheik played the ball and we followed that up with an error," he said. "We had control of the game and if we had been a little more positive we could have got something out of the game. "Even at 2-1 when it looked like the game might get away from us we had a great moment with a fantastic pass and finish for Demba (Ba) and the defender (Skrtel) has had to do terrifically well to stop us getting in the game. "Those two key moments were where the result lay for me."
