Giggs: Chelsea had the most experienced players

Ryan Giggs says Manchester United's Capital One Cup defeat at Stamford on Wednesday night was 'tough to take'.
Chelsea defeated United 5-4 in a highly dramatic game.

　
The veteran who has played 917 matches for the Reds was full of regret at the end of the game.

　
Giggs said: 'It's tough to take. When you score four goals away from home more often than not you win the game, but it just seems to be one of those weeks in the Cup.

　
'We had the game in the bag with seconds to go. We had the ball deep in their half, lost it and they went up the other end and got the penalty. When it goes to extra-time it's anyone's game.

　
'I'm proud of the young players who played though - there were some great performances. They will have learnt a lot and you learn more from losing as well. You try and take the positives from a game like that but there are a lot of disappointed lads in there and rightly so because they put in good performances. But they'll learn from it and the experience they'll gain from this is more than they could ever get from a Reserve game.

　
'Out of the two sides they probably had the most experienced players with a lot of quality to come off the bench. They had to stick all their big guns on in the end to make an impact which they did.

　
'As I said though I'm proud of the young players - they never stopped battling. We're just disappointed to put on a good performance, score four goals and come away with nothing.

　
'You've got to be prepared for anything and fight right to the end. Unfortunately it wasn't to be for us. We put so much effort in but we go home disappointed and feel completely different to Sunday (after the league victory over Chelsea).

　
'But we'll take the loss and look forward to the rest of the season because there are plenty of positives to take going forward.'

　

　

Nov. 1, 2012.