Jurgen Klopp admits he was never convinced Liverpool would see it through after fighting back from two goals down before being held 3-3 by Brighton.
Roberto Firmino scored twice either side of half-time to cancel out Leandro Trossard's early brace before Adam Webster's own goal, just after the hour mark, gave the home side the lead.
With less than 10 minutes remaining, however, Trossard became the first opposition player since Andrey Arshavin in 2009 to register a hat-trick at Anfield and Klopp says he was never truly of the belief that he side could hold on at 3-2 given their shortage of confidence at present and the nerves around the stadium.
