Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has admitted that his side's 3-2 defeat at Queens Park Rangers is "difficult to explain".

Three goals in the final 13 minutes saw the struggling R's claim the win after Sebastian Coates and Dirk Kuyt had given the visitors a 2-0 lead.

"It's very difficult to explain," Dalglish told Sky Sports News. "We played some fantastic football. We were deserving of our lead and we weren't even under pressure.

"With a wee bit of care and better finishing we might have been three or four up at half time.

"You just couldn't see a goal coming from them and maybe the luck they didn't get against Bolton they got here."

The Merseysiders remain seventh in the Premier League table after the defeat.