Henning Berg has been one of the most successful players to pull on a Rovers shirt. In part two of a three-part series looking at his time at Ewood, Berg talks to ANDY NEILD about the club's demise after becoming champions.

EWOOD legend Henning Berg today hailed Kenny Dalglish as the greatest manager he has ever worked under.

The Norwegian international, who recently severed his ties with Rovers, has been fortunate enough to play for some of the biggest names in the game during a trophy-laden career.

But the 34-year-old rates Dalglish as the best ever, even though he was part of the Manchester United side which won the treble under Sir Alex Ferguson in 1999.

"Kenny is the manager I've learnt the most off -- him and Ray Harford together," said Berg.

"Kenny was just brilliant. He was obviously very motivated to win games and he was really hungry for success, too.

"But at the same time he was a player himself not too long ago so he knew where the players were coming from.

"He was just a fantastic guy to work for and there's no chance Blackburn would have won the championship without him or Ray Harford -- no chance whatsoever."

Dalglish was the man who gave Berg his big break in football when he brought him to England from Lillestrom in a £400,000 deal in 1993.

It was to be the start of an amazing adventure for both the club and the player as Rovers scaled the heights of the Premiership thanks to the financial clout of the late Jack Walker.

But none of the success which followed would have been possible had it not been for the vision of Dalglish and his trusty lieutenant Ray Harford.

When he was unveiled as the Rovers boss in a blaze of publicity in October 1991, Dalglish's appointment took the football world by storm.

Suddenly, Blackburn's profile sky-rocketed.

"At that stage I didn't know too much about the club," admitted Berg.

"All I knew was they'd just been promoted to the Premier League and Kenny Dalglish was the manager.

"But when someone like Kenny says he wants to sign you then, of course, you go."

Dalglish's charisma was infectious and that was never more evident than on the training ground, where he revelled in putting players to the sword in a weekly game of five-a-side.

"Even though he'd finished as a player, he joined in with us every day and he was still very, very good. He had a great football brain," said Berg.

"What I remember most about that time was the day before a game we would always have a five-a-side involving members of the staff like Ray Harford, Kenny, Tony Parkes and Asa Harford.

"They would pick a few of the players and then play against the rest of us.

"All the new players would have to go with the coaching staff first then eventually, when they got more new players in, you'd get transferred over.

"But the lads always used to joke that that was the most important game of the week because we had to beat the staff.

"They were great times. We had a lot of good banter and, because we did so well, everyone was really happy."

Dalglish was far from just the star of the five-a-sides, however.

Harford often used to get the plaudits for being the real brains of the operation but Berg insists Dalglish was far more astute than a lot of people gave him credit for.

"It wasn't as simple as some people thought. Ray was in charge of the training while Kenny joined in with us every day," said Berg.

"But when it came to talking about practical things and how he wanted us to play, that was when Kenny took charge.

"He would tell us exactly where he wanted us and what to do."

Berg soon became an integral part of the Rovers success story.

Dalglish first spotted him playing for Norway in an international game against England and promptly brought him to Ewood towards the end of the club's first season back in the Premiership.

It was the following season, however, when he really started to establish himself as the club finished runners-up to Manchester United.

By now, the Rovers revolution had gathered serious momentum and, led by the scoring feats of Alan Shearer, they were in a position to challenge for the title.

Over the next nine months, they became embroiled in a fierce power-struggle with United which went to the wire but the Reds' failure to beat West Ham on a nailbiting final day of the season saw Rovers finally crowned the champions.

It was the fulfilment of a dream for Berg and the Norwegian rates that achievement as even greater than winning the treble with United.

"The feeling I had after winning the title with Blackburn was better than the treble. That was the best feeling ever.

"The achievement with United was maybe at a higher standard but from a football point of view and how you feel about it, winning the league with Rovers felt better.

"It felt better for me, personally, because when Blackburn won the league it was the first time they had done it in over 80 years.

"We were also a small club and none of the players had won it before.

"I'd also played in nearly every game -- I think I only missed two all season.

"At United, on the other hand, I was injured when they clinched the treble.

"I missed the semi-final, the FA Cup final, and the Champions' League final.

"So when you don't play in the games when you actually win the cups somehow it doesn't feel the same, even though you still get a medal."

The one thing that grates with Berg about Rovers achievements is the accusation that they were a one-man team.

Critics of the club claimed Alan Shearer was the sole reason why Rovers won the title but Berg insists the contribution of the rest of the side should not be overlooked.

"We weren't a one man team but you can't underestimate Alan Shearer's value to the team," said the Norwegian.

"He scored you 30 goals a season every year and that was with injuries as well.

"He was unreal at Blackburn but we wouldn't have won the championship without the rest of the players as well.

"We had a great goalkeeper in Tim Flowers, a good defence with me and Graeme Le Saux as the full-backs and Colin Hendry and Ian Pearce or Tony Gale in the centre.

"In midfield, Tim Sherwood did a great job for us as did Mark Atkins, who was something of an unsung hero.

"He got forward and scored some important goals, while Jason Wilcox was on fire down the left and him and Stuart Ripley were both in contention for England at the time.

"Then, of course, we had Shearer and Sutton up front who scored all the goals between them.

"So we had a great team and other good people to come in as well -- people like Kevin Gallacher, Mike Newell and Robbie Slater. It was a real team effort."