Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen has urged his teammates to "move on" from Sunday's defeat to Arsenal in the FA Cup.

The Merseysiders were narrowly beaten in the fifth round of the competition as they lost 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium.

"That's the positive we take from the tie - the performance," Allen told the club's official website. "We were bitterly disappointed to be knocked out of the cup and I'm sure the fans travelled home very disappointed.

"It's one of those defeats where you can't really analyse what went wrong from our point of view. We were very unfortunate to get knocked out of the cup like that but now we have to move on from that."

Liverpool continue their Premier League campaign on Saturday when they welcome Swansea City to Anfield.

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Jack Prescott