The boss spoke to Sky Sports after the final whistle at Old Trafford and, although thanking the fans for staying with his side in the most trying of circumstances, he admitted the performance simply was not good enough.
The Merseysiders were 4-0 up at half-time, through goals by Naby Keita, Diogo Jota and two for Mohamed Salah, and Salah completed his hat-trick before Paul Pogba was sent off after VAR decided his foul on Keita was worthy of a red card.
"It's not easy to say something apart from it's the darkest day I've had leading these players and we weren't good enough, individually and as a team. You can't give a team like Liverpool those chances, unfortunately we did. The whole performance wasn't good enough, that's for sure. We've created openings, they've had chances and they've been clinical. We didn't take our chances early on and the third goal is the one that decided the game."
Ole laments that "The coaching staff are very, very good. Brilliant. I choose the way we approach the game and, today, we weren't clinical enough going forward. There were spaces for both teams and, when you give good players spaces, they score. You know it's a good question [why not play on the break?] I can say anything but we're at home, playing against Liverpool. They've come here over the last two-and-a-half years and we had a similar approach to go high press and, today, they scored on their chances early on. They hadn't done that before. I think Manchester United should always try, at home, to go and stamp our authority on the game, like I said before."
He adds that "4-0. That fourth goal is the one. To go in at half-time, having to score more than one every 15 minutes and I know these boys are capable of it, but the fourth, in extra time in the first half, thinking we can get to half-time to organise everyone but the fourth was probably game over.
When asked what's next? Ole said "I've come too far. We've come too far as a group. We're too close to give up now. That's going to be a difficult one [lifting everyone]. I understand human nature and the players are going to be low. I'll just look into their eyes and the character of them. I know loads of characters are there. I know we're rock bottom and can't feel any worse than this so let's see where we take it."
Source: ManUtd.com, credit: Adam Marshall at Old Trafford
Edited by: Raymond Ukaegbu