Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp concedes they weren't good enough after defeat at Real Madrid.
The 1-0 loss sees Liverpool eliminated 6-2 on aggregate at the round of 16 stage.
Klopp said, "Being 5-2 down is not a great result if you want to got through. You need to have a special performance and we couldn't do that tonight. Real Madrid had the best chances, Alisson made two fantastic saves. The right team went through, we have to admit that. Knockout stages are like this. It's not what we wanted but it's what we got.
"You need moments in a game like this, if we scored in the first half it could have given us the spark but this is hypothetical. They were the better team in three halves of this tie and that's how you go through.
"If we draw at home and play like we did tonight, we probably go out as well. We cannot come here and hope that we get something. We prepared for a special performance tonight but it didn't happen.
"Nobody thinks 'how could Liverpool go out' and that's probably the best sign that the right team went through and that's how it is in the knockout stage."
