"If you want to gauge it on points there'll be disappointment; if you want to gauge it on performance then I think we were fantastic," said the Liverpool boss.
"To come away without three points is disappointing. The performance was outstanding.
"Van Persie got two - we could have allowed him two with the opportunities we had and still won, but we never. Maybe that might be the next education for us - to be ugly and win.
"We're competitive, all right. We're attack minded, we can go forward, we can create chances and we can get penalties. Maybe the next bit is to be ugly and get the winning goal."