Dan Agger says Liverpool players have only themselves to blame if they fail to qualify for next season's Champions League.
The Reds go into tonight's clash with Portsmouth needing three points to stay in touch with the top four.
Agger told liverpoolfc.tv: "We can't slip up any more because it's getting to the end of the season and we know we need more points.
"I can't imagine not being in the Champions League. That's the tournament we all want to be in. But it's our own fault where we are now and we have to get out of it.
"The fans have a right to expect Liverpool to be in the top four. A big club like Liverpool should be in there every year, but as we know football doesn't always work like that. The pressure of that shouldn't come into it. When you come to a club like this there will always be pressure to be successful.
"Maybe we'll have to start to imagine not being in the top four. But for as long as we have a chance we have to keep believing.
"If you play at a football club like Liverpool you always need to take responsibility, no matter who you are. You do that on and off the pitch, but you must definitely do it in the games."