Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag insists David de Gea has had a "good" week but felt he lacked focus with his error against West Ham.
De Gea has been widely criticised after his feeble attempt to stop Said Benrahma's saveable shot contributed to West Ham's 1-0 win over United on Sunday.
Although United are in discussions with De Gea, 32, over a new contract there is uncertainty over his No.1 role beyond this season and the club are interested in Anderlecht goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen.
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United also lost at Brighton last week after Luke Shaw handled the ball deep into stoppage-time to gift Alexis Mac Allister a penalty he converted in the 99th minute. Whilst discussing De Gea's lapse at the London Stadium, Ten Hag also dwelt on Shaw's error.
"Good as well," Ten Hag replied when asked about De Gea. "We can't ignore it but individual mistakes are part of football and there was in the Brighton game also a big individual mistake.
"But sometimes it's happening, it shouldn't happen, when you are in the right focus it will not happen, that is part of the reset of this week."
Liverpool have won their last six Premier League games to go to within one point of United, in fourth and with a game in hand. United will not play their game in hand at home against Chelsea until the final week of the season but they kick-off against Wolves 53 hours before Liverpool take on Leicester.
Ten Hag stressed United can ignore Liverpool's form as qualifying for the Champions League remains in their hands. "It's not important because we have everything in our hands, we bring our performance, then it's not important.
"Important is the opponent we face tomorrow: Wolves. We have to take them seriously. They have done a great job, so focus on that. But they also have deficits, take advantage of that.
"Of course, we can ignore that, why not? Because it's not important. We have everything in our hands and as long as we have everything in our hands we are in control, we are not dependent on them, we are dependent on ourselves."
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