Henderson urges Reds to find consistency
Jordan Henderson admits Liverpool fell short of the required standards by failing to hold onto a two-goal lead against Sunderland on Saturday.
But the skipper is adamant that positives can be taken from the game and says he and his teammates are working hard to find the consistency to accentuate those plus points in the future.
The Reds were 2-0 up heading into the final 10 minutes of the Barclays Premier League encounter with the Mackems at Anfield, but allowed Adam Johnson and Jermain Defoe to eradicate that advantage and steal a share of the spoils in a chaotic end to the fixture.
Henderson insists he and his colleagues won't shirk responsibility for the errors made in those closing moments.
"We have to take responsibility as individuals and a last 10 minutes like that was not good enough," he said.
"I thought the performance level for 80 minutes was very good.
"We dominated most of the game, scored a couple of good goals and then the last 10 minutes wasn't good enough really, for whatever reason.
"When you dominate the game for so long at 2-0 then they score from a set-piece or a free-kick to go to 2-1 with five or 10 minutes left, you know they are going to chuck more bodies forward.
"But for the whole game I think they have only had those two chances and they have scored."
The captain is, however, sure that Jürgen Klopp's team will improve as they iron out the flaws evident in the weekend clash with the Black Cats and build on the many things they did well.
"From our point of view it is not good but for most of the game you have to take the positives as well," he added.
"To be leading 2-0 at 80 minutes you have to see the game out, it is a good lead.
"You have got to see it out. We have to work on it, we have to be better at doing that.
"We haven't been very consistent, especially in the league, and that is what we need to improve on."