The Brazilian defender Fábio Aurélio has said that Liverpool must win a trophy this season, following their failure to reach the Champions League knockout stages. Aurélio, back from a calf injury, played in midfield for Liverpool yesterday as they beat the Hungarian champions Debrecen 1-0 but were eliminated from the competition due to Fiorentina's win over Lyon.
"It is a big disappointment to be out of the Champions League, but we have to win a trophy," said Aurélio. "A big team like Liverpool must accept that. The Europa League is an opportunity to win a trophy and that's how we will go into this competition thinking. At Liverpool, every competition is important, we want to win trophies.
"We will have a great chance to get a trophy and we'll go for it, but there is still a long way go until May and we have to improve."
Aurélio refused to make excuses for the defeat, and conceded that Liverpool were not as solid at the back as they have been in the past.
"Being Liverpool, you expect to go much further in the competition than we have done this season," he added. "But now we cannot allow ourselves to dwell on what has happened, we must concentrate on the future to fight for a different title, the Europa League.
"We also have the challenge to do things better in the Premier League as well. It is difficult to know where this campaign has gone wrong, but against Lyon we lost goals in the last minutes of both games and that has made the difference.
"Liverpool used to be more solid in defence, and we have only scored four goals in five games in the group matches, so we have to improve in all areas. We have been missing a lot of players through injury problems, so we have to think that things can only improve in that situation."
"It is a big disappointment to be out of the Champions League, but we have to win a trophy," said Aurélio. "A big team like Liverpool must accept that. The Europa League is an opportunity to win a trophy and that's how we will go into this competition thinking. At Liverpool, every competition is important, we want to win trophies.
"We will have a great chance to get a trophy and we'll go for it, but there is still a long way go until May and we have to improve."
Aurélio refused to make excuses for the defeat, and conceded that Liverpool were not as solid at the back as they have been in the past.
"Being Liverpool, you expect to go much further in the competition than we have done this season," he added. "But now we cannot allow ourselves to dwell on what has happened, we must concentrate on the future to fight for a different title, the Europa League.
"We also have the challenge to do things better in the Premier League as well. It is difficult to know where this campaign has gone wrong, but against Lyon we lost goals in the last minutes of both games and that has made the difference.
"Liverpool used to be more solid in defence, and we have only scored four goals in five games in the group matches, so we have to improve in all areas. We have been missing a lot of players through injury problems, so we have to think that things can only improve in that situation."
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