The Toffees lost 0-2 following an Joseph Yobo own goal and a goal from Dirk Kuyt close tot he final whistle.
The Everton boss said: “I don’t feel we came off the pitch losers. The players worked extremely hard and I felt they deserved more than what they got in the end.
“The deflected goal took the sting out of us. I don’t know how many times Liverpool had been in our half up to that point but it wasn’t many.
“But I thought the players reacted great. They kept going and I thought in the main we kept Liverpool quiet.
“The game was tight and we, in the main, were trying to set the tone and make it difficult for them. It is disappointing you don’t get anything from that.
“I think the two saves by Reina [were crucial]. I felt maybe our luck would change in the second half and we would get the goal but maybe that double save just altered it a little bit.
“But up until it went to 2-0 I can’t remember Liverpool having a chance apart from Emiliano Insua’s first-half header.
“But in big games, especially, you hope you don’t get situations where there are mistakes because it is hard enough to score a goal without making anything which leads to one.”
