McLeish: We ran out of steam

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But the former Scotland boss is determined to remain upbeat ahead of next Saturday's crunch game at Fulham despite remaining in the bottom three.

McLeish said: "I was very disappointed. "They were very fresh and you could see that in the second half. Our players were running on empty."

He added: "Olivier Kapo has been struggling with flu for the past three days, but I thought it was very important to include him with his quality and his presence.

"He ran out of steam - and unfortunately he ran out of steam right at the point where they equalised, but Liverpool's players were much fresher than us in the second half.

"That factor told in the sense that team hasn't played as much as we have.

"Before the game we would have taken a draw with Liverpool. But having gone ahead 2-0, you think it is sewn up.

"The first goal they score was down to very naive players, with Jermaine Pennant running at our defenders. They dived in a bit, went to ground a few times. But for that it could have been a fantastic result

"But we still got a point and that point could keep us in the league."