James Milner: ‘Liverpool were obviously the better team’

failed to overturn their first-leg 3-1 defeat against

, as they were held to a goalless draw at Anfield on Wednesday.

Their first-leg performance left them too much to do at Anfield and their poor finishing wrecked any chance of a turnaround.

However,

James Milner

was searching for positives after their dismissal from the European competition and said similar efforts would help the Reds in their bid for the Champions League qualification.

"We were obviously the better team,"

Milner said to 

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"We did enough to win the game.

"The performance, intensity and desire was good. But you can't not take the chances we had and that was the difference.

"The positive is we are creating the chances and the reaction we showed.

"We wanted to come out of the blocks and set that tempo. If we had played that first leg with the same intensity it would have been very different. Ultimately we weren't good enough over two games.

"The most important thing is if we perform with the desire and intensity hopefully we can get into those top four spots."

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