Kenny Dalglish admitted Liverpool deserved nothing from the game after their 3-1 loss to West Ham United.
Goals from Scott Parker, Demba Ba and Carlton Cole consigned the Reds to their first defeat in nine games, with a late tap-in from Glen Johnson ultimately proving inconsequential.
The afternoon was made even more forgettable from a Liverpool perspective by injuries to Martin Kelly and Raul Meireles.
The former could now face several weeks on the sidelines with a hamstring tear.
Dalglish said: "He has pulled his hamstring and Raul got a kick in the knee. Obviously Martin is more serious than Raul.
"With a hamstring he might be struggling for next Sunday (against Manchester United) - though I wouldn't take it as a given because I wouldn't know. But I would have thought with a hamstring it takes a bit longer than a week. With Raul we don't know."
Dalglish had overseen a sequence of eight games unbeaten until Sunday's loss.
On the performance of his side, the Liverpool manager added: "The players have done fantastic up until here and I suppose there was always going to be some time when we lost a game.
"I think the credit the boys have had has been deserved and I think they'll stand up and be honest with themselves today and say they probably got what they deserved - and that was nothing.
"We are disappointed with the way we played. We started by looking comfortable at the beginning but they got a goal - that gave them something to hold on to and something to make them believe in themselves.
"There was nothing West Ham did that surprised us because they are fighting for survival. After they scored they got a lot of belief but we never played as well as we're capable of playing, we never passed it as well as we can pass it and we never took the chances that came our way.
"The last 20-25 minutes we started to play a little bit like we can play. We got the goal quite near the end and I thought maybe we'd steal a point but Carlton Cole got a goal at the other end.
"There were a couple of penalty shouts and maybe a break of the ball here and there but we'll go in on Tuesday morning and try and manage and correct the mistakes we've made. That's all we can do.
"I don't know whether this was the aftermath for some of the boys from what happened on Thursday night, because that was a tough game. We didn't seem to be as good as we have been.
"It's not just losing that's disappointing - it's the way we played."
Liverpool now have a week before Alex Ferguson brings his league leaders to Anfield.
Reporters asked whether record signing Andy Carroll would recover from a thigh injury in time to make his debut.
"He's better than bang on schedule," said Dalglish. "We never pencilled in a date when Andy's going to play. As soon as he's okay we'll get him involved. Whether that's next week, the week after or after that, we'll just have to wait and see. There is nothing that has happened since he came in that's had an adverse effect on his progress."
Meanwhile, Dalglish was probed on whether reports in a Sunday newspaper that he had been offered a two-year contract were true.
"A contract from who?" Dalglish replied, with a look of confusion on his face.
The reporter replied "From the club" before Dalglish quipped: "I thought you meant the wife was putting me under contract again!
"If there is any news to be told we'll tell you. I'm happy to be here, I'll do what I've got to do for the club that means an awful lot to me.
"There's never been a discussion other than the first ones so I'm not sure where they (the Sunday newspaper) have got that from."
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Nice to see honesty from Kenny, we were completely outclassed today, disappointing performance. Kelly seems unlikely for the United game, but more optimism about Meireles. Reading between the lines, I expect Carroll to be on the bench next week, but not getting my hopes up.