Kolo Touré admitted he was guilty of the "crazy" mistake that cost Liverpool two points in the race for fourth place, after the defender played a suicidal pass on the edge of his own penalty area to present Victor Anichebe with a second-half equaliser at West Bromwich Albion.

With Tottenham Hotspur drawing and Manchester United losing on Saturday, Touré said that Liverpool had "missed an opportunity" to capitalise because of his "terrible pass". Brendan Rodgers, the Liverpool manager, suggested that Simon Mignolet was as much at blame for giving Touré the ball in the first place, but the former Arsenal and Manchester City defender took full responsibility for the goal that cancelled out Daniel Sturridge's earlier strike.

"It was a game we should have won 1-0. It was a terrible pass by me," Touré said. "It's hard because we played well. It was a tough game. I take the call because it was a very bad pass. I haven't seen him [Anichebe]. I should have just played to Aly [Cissokho].

"My pass just put the team in a difficult situation. I haven't seen him and I shouldn't have passed the ball there. You have to make decisions. Today I took a bad one. [Brendan] doesn't get angry. He was just disappointed with the situation in the game. I'm disappointed.

"We have missed an opportunity today but the season is long. We just didn't need to have that kind of mistake. I made a bad decision. I don't know why I have passed it into the middle of the pitch, it was crazy. I've made a few mistakes in my life and you learn every day. I will learn from it."

Rodgers described Touré as "devastated" but refused to be too hard on the central defender. "It is the price you pay when you try to play but he should not have received the ball in the first place," the Liverpool manager said. "It's part of our learning. We are where we are because we have the courage to play football and build the game from behind.

"Kolo is experienced; he knows it was a mistake and he is a really conscientious player, so he is devastated. It was a good finish from Anichebe but unfortunately it has cost us two points. Hopefully at the end of the season we will see the result as a point gained.

"We came here [and lost] and lost at home last year but we've got four points out of six and for us to be disappointed with a point away from home shows the growth of the team."