The Reds won 2-0 via goals from Mohamed Salah and Ryan Gravenberch.
“I am happy with how we competed and how we started the match in the first 30 minutes, playing with personality, dominating and getting chances to score,” Emery said.
“We were stopping them and breaking their high press and we were feeling comfortable. In the final 15 minutes (of the first-half), we conceded metres on the field and they were pushing more, and we were defending slow.
“Through it, they scored one goal that was offside, and we were defending well. We made a mistake for the first goal when we were finishing the half and it was important to try and keep it 0-0.
“After it, we needed to react in the second half, playing the same way we played the first half. We didn’t start the second half like we started the first half and then we were close to changing something with our energy before they scored the second goal.
“After it, we reacted keeping the same gameplan we had, but it was difficult to come back the result.
“How we competed and how we were trying to be in the game again, I am happy for it. The result was not good and we are disappointed with it, but not with how we are building our structure and how we are getting players minutes and confidence to help us during the season.”
He added, “How we got points against Tottenham and Manchester City gave us confidence to continue improving through our demands to get balance in the table.
“I’m really thankful for the supporters because they came here to support us and to help us. We didn’t achieve a good result, but we’re always thankful how they are travelling to every match to be with us.”