Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers praised the performance of his Liverpool side against Manchester City in the Premier League, despite mistakes leading to both City goals in a 2-2 draw at Anfield on Sunday.
Rodgers was pleased with the resilience his team showed and was confident Liverpool will improve as the season continues.
"I thought it was a brilliant performance," Rodgers said. "We were asked a lot of questions and I thought the players were incredible. Sometimes the best team doesn't win."
Martin Skrtel gave Liverpool the lead with a powerful header from a Steven Gerrard corner in the first half but Yaya Toure equalised for Roberto Mancini's side in the 63rd after Pepe Reina failed to claim a cross that Martin Kelly then could not control.
Luis Suarez restored Liverpool's lead with a perfectly executed low free kick into the corner of Joe Hart's goal.
Skrtel was at fault for City's second with an under-hit pass back towards Reina, which Carlos Tevez ran on to, rounding Liverpool's goalkeeper and slotting into an empty net for his 100th goal in English football.
Rodgers refused to blame Skrtel's error for his side's failure to secure three points in his first home league match as Liverpool manager. "He was brave enough to play it and that's the development of the team. As a group we will only get better," Rodgers said.
Mancini was disappointed with the result, admitting his frustration at his side conceding two goals in each of its two games this season. "This is the time to finish conceding two goals every game," Mancini said. "But we have taken one point when we went down two times.
"We started with the ball for 30 minutes; we had it in their half and had four or five chances to score. But we conceded a goal from a corner and something changed."
Liverpool play Arsenal at Anfield next Sunday while City face Queens Park Rangers at home on Saturday.
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