Dejan Lovren (right) struggled to contain the West Ham attack

Dejan Lovren is desperate to recover after his nightmare showing in Liverpool's 3-0 defeat by West Ham at Anfield on Saturday.

The Croatia international's errors, twice being dispossessed in the lead-up to West Ham's crucial second goal, were immediately leapt upon by his critics.

Lovren's first season at Anfield after his £20m move from Southampton in July 2014 was far from the success it was expected to be, and he lost his spot last November after a string of shaky performances.

He recovered his place after injury to Mamadou Sakho later in the campaign, and this summer was re-installed as the preferred partner for Martin Skrtel.

Three straight clean sheets suggested manager Brendan Rodgers had made the right choice, but whether he's selected for their next match at Manchester United after the international break is another question.

"The game is finished and I have forgotten about it already. What can I do?" Lovren said.

"The first minute after the second goal I wanted to go under the table, but in these moments you need to keep your head up. I tried everything but it was a bad decision. Mistakes happen.

"Things like that happen but I don't think it will shake myself and the team. I am the first one disappointed with myself but now we have to go away with the national teams and in two weeks we have Manchester United.

Brendan Rodgers believes conceding an early goal to West Ham was pivotal in Liverpool’s 3-0 loss Brendan Rodgers believes conceding an early goal to West Ham was pivotal in Liverpool’s 3-0 loss

"We need to now keep our heads up in the tough moments but you see other clubs losing at home and we wish we could have taken 10 points from the four games but we didn't.

"We need to forget this and I know we will be better. We need to do it because of us and the fans. We didn't deserve this."

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