Jamie Carragher could not contain his disappointment after losing the Champions League final to AC Milan but insisted the team has a burning desire to come back stronger next season and challenge for more honours.
The Reds centre half felt there wasn't much between the teams on the night but admitted the disappointment of losing the match was hard to take. "We are devastated but hopefully the defeat will make us stronger and we will be back next season," said Carragher. "While it's hard to take losing a final, at the same time we've got to hold our hands up and give great credit to AC Milan who are a great side. "We enjoyed the celebrations of winning it two years ago so we have a lot of respect for Milan and we will move on from this. "Their first goal was a bit fortuitous and I should have cleared the ball better than what I did and it then put Xabi Alonso under pressure to clear the ball. At this level the smallest detail counts. "I didn't think there was much in the game and we had a good chance with Stevie but unfortunately we couldn't score. "I didn't think Milan had a lot of chances and I thought we played very well in the second half but no-one will remember that and it's Milan's night. "I thought we handled Kaka as well as any team has done in this tournament and Mascherano put in a few great challenges on him. He set up their second goal but he is always going to cause any team problems because he is the best player in the world. "Our fans were probably the man of the match again and full credit to them. We are just devastated we couldn't bring the cup back for them."
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