Pep Segura admitted he had mixed emotions after seeing his young side lose 3-1 to a strong Aston Villa outfit at Villa Park on Monday night.
Jonjo Shelvey enjoyed a 56 minute-run out as he played his first game since February after returning from a knee injury, and David Ngog played the full 90, but it was a fairly young side picked by Segura.
Villa by contrast had eight players on show who have figured for the first XI.
Marc Albrighton gave Kevin MacDonald's side the lead with a superbly struck effort before Gary Gardner made added a double, including a penalty, to make it 3-0.
Toni Silva then reduced the deficit with a superb individual effort, and despite the Reds going close on several occasions Villa got the three points.
"It was a disappointing result but in the first 15 minutes of the game we started very well and had two very clear chances through Tom Ince so it could have been a different outcome," Segura told Liverpoolfc.tv.
"We conceded two goals from two crosses which was too easy for them and that was disappointing.
"I thought the players showed a good character in the second half and played well. Okay, the result is bad and we are disappointed but I thought the players did well, particularly in the second half.
"We played with the likes of Matty Regan who is only 17 and I thought he played very well.
"For our young players to play against a good experienced team was difficult but they will learn a lot from this for the future."
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