Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers took the blame for his side's shoddy first half performance against Chelsea, while again restating his desire to buy new players in January.
Liverpool were extremely poor against the Blues in the opening half of Sunday's English Premier League draw at Stamford Bridge, with the 3-5-2 formation put in by Rodgers not exactly going according to plan. The second half, however, saw a much better Liverpool side come out with Luis Suarez cancelling out John Terry's opener to ensure a share of the spoils.
"We were a wee bit tentative in the first half, and that was my fault," Rodgers said. "We normally play with three front players to press the ball much higher up the field. We played 3-5-2 in the first half just to see if we could get Luis a bit of support up front and still have the superiority in midfield with three midfield players.
"With the two front players we just couldn't get our distances right. We just couldn't quite press it and that's a big part of our game, because it allows us to be on the front foot.
"Once we changed it and went back to 4-2-3-1 we got more onto the front foot again. Great character traits by the players once again in the second half. I know as well as anyone how difficult it is here, so it's a terrific point and we could have won it in the end."
Despite another encouraging performance, Liverpool are languishing in 13th position in the Premier League table, with just 12 points from eleven games, and Rodgers believes the only way the Reds can move up the table and challenge for a place in Europe is if they bring in a couple of players in the January transfer window.
"We need one or two more players, it's as simple as that," he said. "That was our sixth draw, and in a lot of those games we've come back from being behind. We've got great character and resilience and survival instincts in the group, and we're dominating games with the ball -- but you need materials.
"If we can hopefully get one or two in January who can help us at the top end of the field we'll turn draws into wins.
"Luis just needs that support of instinctive goalscorers.
"Last year the club finished eighth. If we can improve on that, that would be fantastic in terms of where we're at. That's the reality of where Liverpool are at, I'm afraid.
"Hopefully over the next couple of years we can improve and our young players will only get better and better.
"The club has given me brilliant support since I came in here. The owners have brought me in and given me great security in terms of the plan going forward. This was always going to be a difficult year because of the expectancy at Liverpool.
"The supporters have been outstanding, the players have given me everything, and hopefully over the next couple of windows we can keep adding to the group, and then next season we'll be better for it."