http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/kenny-let-s-step-it-up Kenny Dalglish is targeting an improved performance from his players when they go head-to-head with Galatasaray tonight as Liverpool get ready to step up their preparations for 2011-12. "It's going to be a bit warm for them as it's very hot, but it's about us getting fit - and we've also got to give a better performance than we did at the weekend." While acknowledging his dissatisfaction at the Hull defeat, Dalglish is keen to underline the important of ensuring his squad are in peak condition when the Barclays Premier League gets underway next month against Sunderland at Anfield. "We're happy with the fitness levels, the efforts the players have put in into training and the way they've applied themselves," said the Scot. "We weren't happy with what happened on Saturday, but pre-season is there to get the players fit and to take away the mistakes that obviously you don't want to take into the season. If we've got rid of that in a couple of games then fine, we can go along with that. "It's just a build up to the start of the season. It's about fitness, it's about progression and about being given a fair opportunity - and I think all the players have been given a fair opportunity." It was a youthful-looking Liverpool squad that touched down in Turkey on Wednesday evening, and with a game against Valerenga in Norway to come on Monday, Dalglish is planning to utilise the size of his squad by giving as many players as possible the chance to tally up the minutes in order to build match fitness.
