Rafa Benitez has already turned his attentions to qualifying for next season's Champions League, after being dumped out of the current competition.
Benitez commended his side for doing their part in securing a vain victory over Debrecen, but attempted to divert attention to Sunday's Premier League meeting with Merseyside rivals Everton.
"We had to do our job today. Our job was to win and we won but we couldn't control the other game," he added.
"To win today was the only thing we could do and we played well, with four or five clear chances. "The main thing is to be ready for the next match, we have an important game on Sunday."
Asked whether he was confident of qualifying for the Champions League next year, Benitez was unequivocal.
"I am 100% sure we will finish in the (Premier League's) top four. The team will play well when all the players are available so I am sure we will finish in the top four."
Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow also spoke to Sky Sports 2, publicly supporting the Spaniard despite the setback.
He said: "You can never predict last-minute goals, which have cost us dear in the Champions League. That's no basis to make managerial decisions.
"We don't run our business in that respect. I'm on the record as saying Rafa's signed a new five-year contract, he's four months into that contract so to discuss that is not appropriate."
Referring to the financial aspect of missing out on qualification from the group phase, Purslow added: "It's limited actually. Assuming we have a reasonable run in the Europa League then we are financially neutral for this year."
