Brendan Rodgers slammed the “poor defensive errors” that ruined Steven Gerrard's Anfield farewell.
Liverpool's hopes of securing European qualification were dented with a dire 3-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace.
Despite taking the lead through Adam Lallana, the Reds were pegged back by a Jason Puncheon free-kick before the break with substitutes Wilfried Zaha and Glenn Murray scoring in the second half.
It was Gerrard's final home game before moving to MLS side LA Galaxy.
And Rodgers said: “Steven got a wonderful send-off and did everything right until the very end.
[no he didn't you daft twat, he had another stinker]
“The support he got was a brilliant and what they would expect of him, he has been a wonderful player and gave his all for the club. It was fantastic for him and his family.
“But the result was disappointing.
[no, it wasn't disappointing, it was fecking humiliating]
“We made poor defensive errors across the field and got punished at the end of the first half and in the second half we didn’t defend well enough.
“Their attacking players posed us problems and we didn’t cope well enough.”
[so that's your analysis after an entire season of witnessing the same thing? Idiot.]
Replays suggested Zaha was offside for his goal while the Palace player appeared to be fouled outside the box by Lucas Leiva for the penalty from which Murray netted the rebound after his spot kick was saved by Simon Mignolet.
And while unhappy with the decisions, Rodgers accepts his players had only themselves to blame.
“The first goal, their player should never have been near the area of the field,” said the Reds boss. “Our decision wasn’t very good defensively.
[once again - don't you actually do any coaching during the season?]
“He sticks the ball in well (from the free-kick) but he shouldn’t have been anywhere near there.
“The second was arguably offside but before the ball is even played we didn’t defend well.
[see above]
“The third one is clearly outside the box so those two goals are very disappointing. But we could have been better.”
[yes, well spotted. If only you'd had the chance to do something about it. Nine months ago.]
Liverpool now need to win at Stoke City in their final Premier League game of the season next Sunday to secure a Europa League berth.
If they draw or lose at the Britannia and both Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton win, the Reds will finish seventh and then be reliant on Arsenal beating Aston Villa in the FA Cup final to ensure European qualification.
Asked if he was looking optimistically to the future, Rodgers said: “We have to.
“In my time here, we have lost a couple of players in Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard. Those two players in the Premier League years here have been monumental.
“Throw in a world-class player like Luis Suarez and of course it is difficult, but we will rise to the challenge.
“This year has been a difficult year in many aspects but the players have given everything they can.
[no,they clearly haven't] Hopefully in the summer we can add that quality.”
And of Gerrard, Rodgers added: “I don’t think there is that person who has come into the club who has given what he has done over the time.
“We will have to plot a way to improve in the summer and that is our challenge.”
