Liverpool impresses Hodgson despite loss

Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson insisted his side deserved more out of their 2-0 defeat in the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.

The 63-year-old claimed the team put in their best performance in his three-month reign in the second half.

However, he accepted if they still had ambitions of a top-four finish they had to go on a run of four or five victories.

Tim Cahill put the Toffees ahead in the 34th minute and Mikel Arteta added the second four minutes after the interval.

Asked if his side were outplayed by Everton the Liverpool boss said: "That's very unfair.

"We suffered at the hands of an early onslaught which you invariably do at Goodison but towards the end of the first half we started to even things out. From what I saw I thought we dominated the second half totally."