Jurgen Klopp admitted he "felt alone" as he watched fans leave early in Liverpool's 2-1 defeat at home to Crystal Palace.
Alan Pardew's side earned their third consecutive victory over the Reds thanks to goals in either half from Yannick Bolasie and - in the 82nd minute - lifelong Liverpool fan Scott Dann.
Fans streamed towards the exit with 10 minutes to go but Klopp - who tasted his first defeat as Anfield boss - thrust the responsibility on to his players to fight to the end - and instil greater belief in the supporters.
"Eighty-two minutes - game over," said the German, who, after his first game at home against Southampton last month, said his team played like they could not change the outcome after the visitors' 84th-minute equaliser.
"I turned around and I felt pretty alone at this moment but I am not disappointed about this [fans leaving] - they have reasons.
"But we are responsible that nobody can leave the stadium a minute before the last whistle because everything can happen.
"We made a bad start, 1-0 to Crystal Palace because of our start," Klopp toldSky Sports.
"It was not good but after that, we played 75 minutes of very good moves.
"I saw a lot of good things tonight but in the end, we lost. We lost because we lost concentration from a specific point on.
"I feel bad because it was absolutely not necessary to lose. We had all we needed to win.
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