The 61-year-old Scot, who had returned for a second stint as manager at Anfield in January last year, paid the price for a dismal season which saw Liverpool finish 37 points behind champions Manchester City.
The Merseyside club's American owners the Fenway Sports Group (FSG) had given Dalglish more than £100 million to spend in the transfer market since he took over from the sacked Roy Hodgson in 2011. Expensive signings such as Andy Carroll, Stewart Downing, Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam have largely flopped.
Although Dalglish ended Liverpool's six-year trophy drought this season with victory in the League Cup, the club were comfortably beaten by Chelsea in the FA Cup final earlier this month.
Liverpool lifted the gloom with a 4-1 win over Chelsea in their final home game of the season, but a 14th loss against Swansea in their last game of the campaign on Sunday was the last straw.
The defeat against the newly promoted Swans, whose squad cost a fraction of Liverpool's to assemble, left Liverpool in eighth -- their worst finish for 18 years, with their lowest points tally since 1953/54.
British media reports have already linked several younger up-and-coming managers to the vacancy at Anfield, with Wigan's Roberto Martinez, Swansea's Brendan Rodgers and Norwich's Paul Lambert all mentioned as possible candidates to succeed Dalglish.
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