Liverpool vice-captain Jamie Carragher rues missed opportunity after loss to West Brom

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Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has admitted that the Reds missed a valuable chance to close the gap on rivals Tottenham in their quest to secure European football next season.

Carragher led Liverpool out on the day, and whilst a second half header from Martin Skrtel pushed the Reds’ towards victory, two second half penalties converted by Baggies skipper Chris Brunt dispatched Kenny Dalglish’s men back to Merseyside without any points.

Tottenham only managed a draw at Wigan, which could have allowed Liverpool to close the gap to just two points.

The Liverpool vice-captain praised new arrival Luis Suarez’s efforts, but lamented their first half display – dubbing the day ‘disappointing’.

“It was disappointing to lose the game and with Tottenham only drawing makes this even more of a bad result,” said Carragher to the club’s official website.

“We obviously didn’t know the Tottenham score until the end of the game but we can’t worry about other teams.

“We’ve just to look after ourselves and get as many points as we can to try and close the gap.

“West Brom did well and it was a big three points for them, but it was a very disappointing day for us.

“Luis Suarez looked dangerous again for us and he was unlucky not to get an equaliser right at the end, but unfortunately besides the goal we didn’t create enough chances in the first 75 minutes of the game.”

Liverpool’s no.23 racked up his 661st  appearance for the club yesterday, surpassing that of Kop legend Ian Rush, and making him the club’s 4th highest appearing Reds’ player of all time.

However, Carragher didn’t quite see the light side of the defeat and reveals that it made the day no better.

“I suppose that is nice for me to play more games than a legend like Ian Rush, but my main concern was to get three points. We didn’t and that makes it a disappointing day.”

The 33-year-old is awaiting Liverpool’s encounter with Manchester City at Anfield in a week on Monday, and reveals that their aim is to bounce back from the misfortunate day at the Hawthorns.

“It’s a massive game for us,” he added. “City have spent a lot of money and are a team full of a lot of big stars but hopefully that will be the type of game we need to get back on track after this defeat.

“We played Manchester United after the defeat at West Ham and we are hoping we can do the same to City as what we did to United at Anfield.

“We have got some big games coming up, unfortunately we’ve picked up a few injuries and it’s even more important now we stick together until the end of the season.”