Shrewsbury Town captain David Edwards admits he felt "awful" after the League One side were dumped out of the FA Cup by Liverpool's youngsters.
The youngest Reds team in history earned a 1-0 victory at Anfield on Tuesday in their fourth round replay against their League One opponents.
Despite being hugely experienced in comparison, Shrewsbury didn't have a shot on target and had only 30% possession.
And Edwards, a 34-year-old midfielder who had been part of the Wolverhampton Wanderers side that dumped Liverpool out of the competition in 2017, felt sorry for the 8,000-strong away following.
Asked about his emotions after the game, he said: “Awful. Really bad. Personally, I don’t think I’ve ever felt so disappointed on a football pitch before.
“Just the whole occasion, seeing so many Shrewsbury fans there, who were absolutely incredible, outstanding, from the moment we walked out for the warm-up to the very end when we walked in.
“I’m so proud of them, and so disappointed we didn’t give them anything to shout about.”
Edwards, speaking to iFollow Shrews, added: “In the first half we were really poor. We had tactics to play to, but we didn’t implement them right, we were too passive, we let them build up too much confidence.
“They’re good players, they moved the ball really well with energy and intensity and we couldn’t match that in the first half.
“In the second half we rallied a little bit, started well, and then they had a spell, and then obviously the VAR goal.
“It was from elation to it feeling like it had sucked the life out of you. But the over-riding feeling is that we let the travelling fans down.”
