Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson is targeting Champions League football, admitting his side is not in the title race after a 3-2 defeat to Manchester United.
Hodgson's side had trailed by two Dimitar Berbatov goals until a penalty and free-kick from Steven Gerrard brought the visitors back into the game.
But the Bulgarian completed his hat-trick to seal the win, leaving Hodgson to assess aims for the rest of the season.
"To use words like catastrophe is a bit strong unless you are talking about winning the league," he said, according to Sky Sports.
"Our aim is to get better, to get to the Champions League, and maybe that is where I have got to have my focus."
Despite the defeat, Hodgson was keen to stress his side had improved at Old Trafford.
He added: "We have had a remarkably hard start to the season.
"Our performance today was clearly a lot better than our last two Premier League performances [a narrow victory over West Brom and a goalless draw with Birmingham City].
"We were playing against a top team and we can take a lot of credit from the way we went about our business and got ourselves back into the game.
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