Lucas Leiva started Liverpool's FA Cup fourth round replay against Everton, but he did not finish it.
The young midfielder was sent off in the second half after picking a second booking, leaving his side a man short as the game ground into added extra-time.
Toffees youngster Dan Gosling grabbed the winner in the 119th minute, thus ending the Reds' hopes of adding another domestic knock-out title to their haul.
And Lucas has apologised for letting down his team-mates, who were already reeling from the early withdrawal of injured skipper Steven Gerrard.
“I was very sad to have left my colleagues. I have learned my lesson from this. The dressing room was very down after the defeat, especially with how we lost the game,” he said, according to The Sun.
The result at Goodison Park not only ended Liverpool's cup run, it also meant they were unable to beat their Merseyside rivals in any of their three encounters over the past few weeks.
But Lucas added, “We may have tasted defeat but from what I have seen in the recent derbies Everton are not better than us. We have more things to concentrate on, like the Champions League.”
The young midfielder was sent off in the second half after picking a second booking, leaving his side a man short as the game ground into added extra-time.
Toffees youngster Dan Gosling grabbed the winner in the 119th minute, thus ending the Reds' hopes of adding another domestic knock-out title to their haul.
And Lucas has apologised for letting down his team-mates, who were already reeling from the early withdrawal of injured skipper Steven Gerrard.
“I was very sad to have left my colleagues. I have learned my lesson from this. The dressing room was very down after the defeat, especially with how we lost the game,” he said, according to The Sun.
The result at Goodison Park not only ended Liverpool's cup run, it also meant they were unable to beat their Merseyside rivals in any of their three encounters over the past few weeks.
But Lucas added, “We may have tasted defeat but from what I have seen in the recent derbies Everton are not better than us. We have more things to concentrate on, like the Champions League.”
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