Liverpool had their sights on four trophies in Jurgen Klopp’s final season in-charge, but may end up with just the Carabao Cup to savour after being knocked out of the FA Cup by Manchester United and the Europa League by Atalanta in recent weeks.
The Reds travel to face West Ham in the early kick-off on Saturday and come up against Tottenham, Aston Villa and Wolves in their last three games.
Klopp also suggested his side are not yet safe in claiming a Champions League spot, despite fifth-placed Tottenham being 14 points adrift of them, albeit with two games in hand.
“It was not the most inspired performance of all time and I really feel for the people, I am really sorry for that,” said German boss Klopp.
“People told me so often about the derby record and I really apologise for that. It has happened and we cannot change it anymore.”
Asked where it leaves his side in the title race, Klopp replied: “I understand that is part of the business, I don’t know why I have to answer because you can read the table.
“Shall I say we are still fully in on it? We need a crisis at Manchester City and Arsenal and we need to win all our football games. If they lose all their games and we do what we did tonight then nothing changes. We should just play better football.
“We have to fight through these periods. People ask me about mentality and it is not a question of attitude, nobody is doing anything like this on purpose and it is my job to bring them into a situation where they feel confident.
“That is the most tricky part of football. It didn’t work out and now we have to keep trying.”