Captain Steven Gerrard said Liverpool must improve to fprogress in the Champions League after they needed his late penalty to beat Ludogorets 2-1.
The 2005 winners looked set to drop points against the Group B underdogs when Dani Abalo cancelled out Mario Balotelli's opener in stoppage time.
But Gerrard's spot-kick secured victory for Liverpool, who visit Basel next before a home tie against Real Madrid.
"We did OK but it wasn't better than OK," he said. "There's a lot to learn."
Gerrard acknowledged Liverpool were caused problems on the counter-attack in their first match in the Champions League since 2009.
But he praised striker Mario Balotelli after the £16m summer signing from AC Milan scored his first goal for the club against theBulgarian champions.
With eight minutes left, the Italian controlled the ball and turned in a single movement before steering it into the net with the outside of his right foot.
Gerrard said: "You have to give Mario credit. It didn't go his way for long periods but the sign of a good goalscorer is to keep going and get a chance.
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