http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, by finishing ahead of the Reds in the Premier League table this season.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nikica-Jelavic-c27906 put the Toffees ahead, before Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll netted the ball in the second half, to send the Reds through.
However, Everton are currently placed seventh in the league table and are a point ahead of Kenny Dalglish’s side, with both the teams set to play five more games in the league.
The English International urged his side to set the target of finishing ahead of Liverpool at the end of the season.
"That's what we've got to focus on. We need something to focus on now and that will be it," the 27 year old said.
"It will take a few days to let the dust settle after this one, but then we'll pick ourselves up and go again."
Everton played a strong first half against the Reds in the semi-final and went ahead through Jelavic. However, the Reds punished a couple of defensive errors from the Toffees in the second half, and the defender lamented that a lapse in concentration had
cost his side the match.
"We never really built on it and, in the end, we paid for it.” He added.
"Even before half time I thought they were getting on top and we knew we had to play better in the second half. But we weren't good enough, we gave possession away, we didn't keep it and we didn't create enough chances.”
The former Wigan Athletic player is one of the few experienced campaigners in the Everton team, having capped 201 appearances for the Toffees in total. During this period, he has scored 15 goals. He was also a part of the Everton team which lost the FA Cup
final to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 in 2009.
The defender also praised his team mate, Jelavic after the game and felt that the Croatian footballer has made a significant impact at Goodison Park since his move in January. He believes that the striker could have scored another goal against the Reds,
had his team provided him with more goal-scoring opportunities.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314 player has scored 6 goals in his 11 appearances for the Toffees so far, since signing a four and a half year deal with Everton in January.
Baines, who suffered a hamstring injury during the semi-final, revealed that he will undergo a couple of scans, before confirming his availability for the match against Manchester United at Old Trafford, on the 22nd of April.
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