Trent Alexander-Arnold highlighted why the loss against Leeds United at Anfield in the Premier League on Saturday night was a 'difficult one to take'.
Liverpool tasted defeat in front of a watching crowd at Anfield for the first time since 2017 after Leeds' Crysencio Summerville poked home in the 89th minute to give Jesse Marsch a much-needed win.
That defeat is Liverpool's second in a row in the Premier League after losing 1-0 to bottom of the league Nottingham Forest last Saturday as Champions League qualification is looking less likely as the games go by.
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Rodrygo gave Leeds the lead inside four minutes before Mohamed Salah equalised for the Reds, but Jurgen Klopp 's sides performance was littered with mistakes - giving Marsch's side confidence.
Alexander-Arnold told Liverpoolfc.com : "It's difficult to take. You never want to lose at home – something we pride ourselves on. For us, we want to win as many games as we can. It's a disappointing result. We created enough chances to go and win that game but in football you get punished for not taking your chances. We've been punished.
"I think we are not in the greatest run of form – I think a lot of players would say that about themselves and as a team in general. But we're still creating our chances, we're still creating opportunities to score goals and win games. But we just haven't been able to take them, especially [in the] last two Premier League games.
"I think it's important for us to regroup, assess what's going wrong. I think right now, it's kind of, 'Pick up as many points as you can now going into this break.' And potentially this break will come at a decent time for us to reset and be able to get our heads straight to go into the second half of the season."
Despite two losses in a row in the league and a tricky match away at Tottenham Hotspur up next, the Liverpool right-back insists there is still belief in the team.
"I'd say we all believe in ourselves, we believe in the way we play, we believe in the squad and what we can achieve," said the number 66. "But I think when you do get setbacks, it can potentially make you second-guess yourself and question things. Clearly as a team something's not going right, it's not going as well as we want it to go.
"That's something for everyone to think about, that's something for everyone to address and make sure we put it right, especially next week against Spurs, top-four rivals. We kind of need to go there and get some points if we've got any chance of reaching our aims and aspirations for the season."
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