Mark Hughes was at a loss to explain Fulham's performance following Monday night's 5-2 defeat at home to Liverpool.
The Cottagers have been in fine form over the past couple of months to consolidate a position in mid-table and Hughes was expecting another positive display against Kenny Dalglish's Reds.
However, they slumped to a heavy loss with the damage done inside the opening 16 minutes as Liverpool stormed into a 3-0 lead.
The opening goal came after just 32 seconds and Hughes conceded after the final whistle there were far too many mistakes from his troops.
"It's difficult to explain, to be perfectly honest," he told Sky Sports.
"We've been excellent in the second half of the season and none of us really expected that level of performance.
"It started in the first 30 seconds, when we didn't really deal with a bread-and-butter ball down the right-hand channel.
"From that moment it was consecutive errors, which we have talked time and time about."
Fulham improved after the interval and got on the scoresheet courtesy of Moussa Dembele and Steve Sidwell, but never threatened to retrieve a point and remain 10th in the Premier League standings.
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