Everton manager Carlo Anceloti says his team have no regrets about how they played against Manchester United in the Carabao Cup.
The Toffees went into the fixture off the back of several impressive Premier League results against top opposition.
However, they were meek and excessively defensive against United, and only attacked with vigor in stoppage time after conceding a late goal thanks to Edinson Cavani.
The Toffees bow out at the quarter final stage, while United booked a semi final with Manchester City.
“We are disappointed, of course, it was an important competition for us,” said manager Ancelotti.
“But there are no regrets with the performance.
“It was a good performance, we defended well, properly.
“We had a difficult start but after 20 minutes the game was under control.
“We didn’t play attacking football but we needed to defend and until the last three minutes we defended well.
“We were good defensively until the end and were close to penalties.
“They had more control and quality, we know this.
“The plan was to defend well and we did, we had some opportunities with set-pieces and counter-attacks.
“That was the game we planned.”