Burnley boss Sean Dyche felt his side gave a good account of themselves against Liverpool at Turf Moor.
The Clarets were well in the game until Liverpool opened the scoring in fortuitous circumstances in the 33rd minute.
Trent Alexander-Arnold went to loft a cross into the back post, but it deflected off Chris Wood and soared over goalkeeper Nick Pope's head and nestled in the far corner of the Burnley net.
Sadio Mane scored four minutes later, as Liverpool pounced on a Burnley mistake, to effectively kill the game off before half-time, with Roberto Firmino adding a third in the second half.
Dyche was pleased with his team's performance, but knew exactly where they lost the game - in the transition.
Liverpool and Manchester City are so good at turning defence into attack quickly, but Dyche felt another team were just as good as the title challengers - Spurs.
Speaking to Sky Sports after the game at Turf Moor, Dyche said: "We know they're good in transition and today I thought they were excellent on transition in a game that there wasn't that much in really, our performance was strong I thought.
"But on transition they are deadly and arguably, certainly up there with Man City, Tottenham at times, as soon as the ball turns over and we turned it over a bit too cheaply too many times, which you can't afford to do against these because they hurt you, and they did that."
