"It is hard to stop a goal like that. We worked hard and played well and apart from one chance that Peter Crouch had in the first half, we were not really in much trouble," said Jol.
"We could maybe have been a bit better up front and Keane missed a very good chance for us just after the break. If that had gone in the result would have been different.
"But all credit to Harry Kewell, it was a special goal struck well and there is not much you can do about that.
"But we had plenty of possession and the key when you come to Anfield is to keep the crowd quiet. We achieved that for long spells.
"We kept Alonso quiet and Steven Gerrard was not as good as he can be. That shows how hard we had worked in our preparation, but you can't work at stopping unbelievable shots like Kewell's."