Ryan Gravenberch admits Liverpool have no option but to learn from the "big" failure of this season as he urged the hurting Reds to pick themselves up for Sunday's Merseyside derby at Everton.
Arne Slot's side saw their final hopes of silverware dashed on Tuesday when they were beaten 2-0 at home by Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League quarter-final second leg to lose 4-0 on aggregate.
The Reds must now concentrate on securing their place in next season's competition by assuring a top-five finish in the Premier League.
Liverpool currently stand in fifth place, four points clear of nearest challengers Chelsea. However, they must play five of the teams immediately around them over their final six games, starting with a first trip to Hill Dickinson Stadium to take on in-form neighbours Everton on Sunday afternoon.
And midfielder Gravenberch said: "We have to pick ourselves up as Sunday is waiting. We still have six matches in the league and we just want to play in the Champions League next year as well. We have to give it our all.
"We have been a bit unlucky whereas last year we got a lot of things going our way. This year it feels we're actually only getting setbacks - (conceding) a lot of goals in the last minute, not finishing our own chances when we are playing well. It's just a tough season.
"The failure is big (this season). Ultimately you want to win a trophy but if you don't have that in a season like the one we're having now, you can only learn from it."
Having been outplayed by PSG in France last week, Liverpool dominated for large parts of the second half at Anfield but failed to take their chances before falling to a late double from Ousmane Dembele.
And when assessing the match, Gravenberch said to Dutch outlet Ziggo Sport: "Is it acceptable to be eliminated this way? No, actually not. It's disappointing.
"I thought we played a good game but if you don't finish your chances, then it gets difficult. In the second half we just really put them under heavy pressure and we were just going one-vs-one. Because of that we got good opportunities, but it didn't want to go in.
"It was totally, totally different to last week. I don't think we had a single shot on goal last week. We were pretty much outplayed but today I think we were simply the better team. But it's tough if you don't score."
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk echoed the sentiments of compatriot Gravenberch when reflecting on the PSG defeat and looking ahead to the trip to Everton.
Told that the Reds gave it a good go against the European champions, Van Dijk responded: "That's the bare minimum, isn't it? It's disappointing to be knocked out but PSG deserved to go through.
"Knocking on the door is not enough. I'm disappointed that we were knocked out, but that is the reality.
"We should be very disappointed at this stage and at this point this evening. But a massive game awaits for us (on Sunday). We all know how big it is. It will obviously be a tough one but it is something to look forward to.
"But at this stage, I'm just not in a good place because we got knocked out of the Champions League."
