Injuries and suspension deprived the away side of big centre-halves Ryan Nelsen and Chris Samba, and Allardyce was left ruing their absence in defending set-pieces.
But the Blackburn boss admitted Liverpool fully deserved their victory.
He said: "I don't think, realistically, we deserved to get anything out of the game.
"It's a fair result for Liverpool.
"On reflection, as early as this I think it's about us not being able to cope with too many injuries.
"We have lost our size and capabilities at both ends of the field at set pieces and that's what won Liverpool the game.
"Irrespective of all their good play, it was two corners that won them the match.
"The first was direct and the second one was in, out, back in and they scored. That's really where we've been caught out today."
Allardyce praised the first-half display of Paul Robinson, who kept Blackburn in the game with a string of superb saves, but reckons his defenders dozed off after the break.
He added: "Certainly from the basis of trying to allow us to get a point at half-time, Paul Robinson had kept us in the game.
"There's no doubt about that.
"We couldn't be too disappointed about going 1-0 down, but when you get back to 1-1 you would have thought the lads would have at least not gifted them another.
"Lets face it, we've gifted them both goals today.
"Paul Robinson had a massive game, but when it comes to basic defending we've not done that correctly."
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