Aston Villa caretaker boss Mark Delaney was proud of his players in their FA Cup defeat to Liverpool.
Villa lost 4-1 at Villa Park, though pushed the Reds all the way.
Afterwards, Delaney remarked: "We are all very proud as a club, as coaches and players. That was a monumental effort considering what the players have had to go through.
"We deserved to go in at 1-1. It was a good goal.
"We knew they'd have a lot of ball and the potential of conceding early goals. We reacted very well and stuck together. We didn't give them too much territory.
"We thought maybe one or two bits of quality and we might get something and we did. Three or four passes and a lovely through ball.
"We know Louie Barry is a goal scorer and he took it ever so well. We see it every day. To do it on this stage against a quality team, he showed real composure.
"We are a very young group in the 23s. We do concede early goals sometimes. We showed a togetherness."
