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Lucas Leiva admits beating Chelsea was always going to be a tough ask following the exhausting 120-minute clash with Atletico Madrid on Thursday.
The Reds signed off their home campaign with a 2-0 defeat on Sunday - three days after crashing out of the Europa League.
Lucas told Liverpoolfc.tv: "It has been a disappointing few days for us because we wanted to win our final home game of the season for the fans.
"We tried to win it but unfortunately they were better in front of goal than us. I thought we started well but then we conceded a goal and it was difficult.
"When you play extra-time you always feel more tired and we were feeling a little jaded in the second half, but hopefully next season will be a lot better than this one.
"It was important to show our appreciation to the supporters at the end. They support us all of the time and give us confidence and I hope we can repay them next season."
Lucas is now targeting a victory at Hull next week in the final game of 2009-10.
"We owe it to our fans to put on a good performance next Sunday and win the game," he added.
"We are professionals and we have to give our all for the supporters who will be travelling to Hull to give us great backing as always.
"We need to finish as high in the table as we possibly can. We have already qualified for the Europa League so we need to play well in our final game."
The Reds signed off their home campaign with a 2-0 defeat on Sunday - three days after crashing out of the Europa League.
Lucas told Liverpoolfc.tv: "It has been a disappointing few days for us because we wanted to win our final home game of the season for the fans.
"We tried to win it but unfortunately they were better in front of goal than us. I thought we started well but then we conceded a goal and it was difficult.
"When you play extra-time you always feel more tired and we were feeling a little jaded in the second half, but hopefully next season will be a lot better than this one.
"It was important to show our appreciation to the supporters at the end. They support us all of the time and give us confidence and I hope we can repay them next season."
Lucas is now targeting a victory at Hull next week in the final game of 2009-10.
"We owe it to our fans to put on a good performance next Sunday and win the game," he added.
"We are professionals and we have to give our all for the supporters who will be travelling to Hull to give us great backing as always.
"We need to finish as high in the table as we possibly can. We have already qualified for the Europa League so we need to play well in our final game."
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