West Ham United striker Michail Antonio was proud of his teammates this week.
The striker scored in a 1-1 second leg draw against Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League quarter finals.
However, the Hammers lost 3-1 on aggregate, having lost the first leg 2-0 in Germany.
“I thought we gave it our all and the fans can see that," said Antonio post-game.
“They're a quality team and now unbeaten in 44 matches but we put a lot of pressure on them.
“When you are looking to overturn a two-goal deficit you need to go after them and make sure you get an early goal as we did, and after that we created a couple of great opportunities but didn't manage to take them and their goalkeeper managed to make some good saves. It just wasn't meant to be today.
“We are proud of ourselves, proud of the team and to get to three consecutive quarter-finals is a great achievement.
“Now that we are out it [Europe], we will make sure we give everything to be in it next year."
