Liverpool have slumped to another defeat, being beaten 1-0 by Fulham at Anfield on Tuesday night.
With the FA Cup final against Chelsea on Saturday, the Merseyside team rested several players and a Martin Skrtel own goal after five minutes settled the game in favour of the visitors.
Reds boss Kenny Dalglish was unhappy with his players’ display and admits that one eye may well have been on their date at Wembley.
“The attitude and approach to the game is where it went wrong,” he told Sky Sports.
“Maybe I was culpable for trying to give as many of them a game as I possibly could to put them in the frame for Saturday.
“The attitude and desire wasn’t there. We can’t play at that tempo, we have to play quicker than that.
“There were one or two who did well, but apart from that it was not a good night for us, myself included. There is a lot of people of have got to take responsibility for it.
“We tried to be fair and give everyone an opportunity. Maybe I was wrong.
“This won’t affect the performance on Saturday, but it is disappointing because every game is important.
“There are people who come along to support us and they deserve a better performance than that,” he admitted.
Fulham are now joint with Liverpool on 49 points and move up to ninth place.
By Gareth McKnight
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