Carra: Reds must do better

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Anfield's lion-hearted defender saw AC Milan grab their opener from a free-kick deflected past Jose Reina by Filippo Inzaghi's arm, before a late break through the Reds' defence by the same striker as Liverpool were pressing desperately for an equaliser.

Dirk Kuyt's late effort was not enough to haul the final into extra-time, and Carragher said: "The honest truth is that we were not good enough. There's no point making excuses, Milan just about deserved it. But nobody remembers the runners-up, we know we did not do enough."

He added: "I am not going to moan about things that went against us. We did not do enough and we must pick ourselves up and have another go next season."

But the Bootle-born centre-half knows it was mighty close to Liverpool claiming their sixth European Cup.

He said: "We limited them to just one chance in the first half, but when we were creating chances in that period we had to take them. And when we didn't we were punished with that free-kick.

"In the second period maybe we got tired towards the end and that gave them the chance for their second.

"These are the little things that cost you in the end. But we will bounce back, we have shown we are a very good side in the Champions League.

"Their goal at half-time was a killer. I know some people might think it was handball, but I'm not going to start crying about that, they are a great side and deserved it on the night.

"They did not have many chances, I can only remember a couple. But they scored their chances. It did not happen for us, we never really created much either. We did not create a situation where we could really go at Milan and create real pressure."