Brendan Rodgers admits confidence is in short supply at Liverpool but says they did themselves few favours at Crystal Palace.
Back at Selhurst Park, the ground on which their title dream died last season, Liverpool endured more capital misery on Sunday.
They got off to the best possible start, as Rickie Lambert netted his first goal for the club inside the opening 90 seconds, but Palace hit back through Dwight Gayle, Joe Ledley and Mile Jedinak to claim a memorable scalp.
Rodgers concedes that his side are struggling, following a run of one win in seven in all competitions, but he also believes that they need to start doing the basics better if they are to turn the corner.
He told Sky Sports: “It was a terrific start to the game for us, to get up so early.
“And well done to Rickie Lambert, great movement, touch and finish to get his goal. I thought he was excellent today, he worked tirelessly up front, touch and movement, he worked very well.
“We are obviously low on confidence at the moment in terms of the results and I think the intensity of our game just dropped right off.
“We concede poor goals, but we’ve got nobody to blame but ourselves. As manager, I take full responsibility for it.”
Rodgers added: “We aim to be tighter and more resolute defensively.
“We get the goal and in a number of games this season we’ve gone a goal in front, and that should be enough. We work on defending, very hard on being compact.
“We never managed the game. We were down to 10 men (with Joe Allen receiving treatment) and were too fast trying to work the ball out from behind, it gets cleared and then the distances are too big and they end up getting an equaliser.
“The management of the game, that’s experience. We’ve got a lot of young players and players that are new to the club, but we have to be better.”
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