Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish says they paid for a slow start to their defeat to Tottenham.
Spurs were leading through Rafael van der Vaart's ninth-minute volley but the Reds had fought their way back into the game until just after half-time when Luka Modric's controversial penalty put paid to their chances of a comeback.
"They started better than we did and scored a goal and we didn't start to play for 25 minutes," Dalglish said.
"We started to look a bit better and then at the start of the second half they got the second goal and that gave them a real foothold and we didn't have enough to break them down.
"I don't think Pepe Reina was over-busy either but we never played as well as we can play.
"That is a disappointment for the players because it would have been a fitting way to finish the season at Anfield - maybe it was too much of a fairytale.
"We feel we have short-changed the fans by not getting the result."
