Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has conceded that his team could do nothing more, as Karim Benzema struck for Real Madrid to clinch a 1-0 win on Wednesday and advance to the Champions League quarter-finals 6-2 on aggregate.
After the wild first leg of their last-16 clash at Anfield in February left Real sitting pretty with a three-goal advantage, the German said the Reds had only a 1 per cent chance of turning the tie around.
"Being 5-2 down is not a great result if you want to go through," he said.
"You need to have a special performance and we couldn't do that tonight.
"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.
"Madrid were in control of the whole game. They were outstanding and that's why the better team went through to the next round." Liverpool have also been eliminated from the League Cup - won by Manchester United - and the FA Cup and are sixth in the Premier League.
"Our job is to squeeze absolutely everything from this season as possible," Klopp added.
Liverpool stemmed the 5-2 the 5-2 bleeding at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.
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