Bruno Fernandes has urged his Manchester United team-mates to learn from their Carabao Cup failure, after a fourth semi-final defeat in just 12 months.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men were beaten in the semi-final by rivals Manchester City - the fourth time in 12 months they have tasted defeat at the last-four stage of a competition.
United's attentions turn to the FA Cup this weekend, where they face Watford on Saturday evening, as they look to improve on last season's semi-final appearance against Chelsea.
And with the City failure still raw in the memory, talisman Fernandes took to Twitter to express his disappointment at the outcome and warn his team-mates to buck up their ideas ahead if the club are to be serious about lifting silverware.
'I'm very sad and disappointed to once again don't reach a final,' he wrote on Instagram after breaking his silence on Thursday evening.
'We have a lot to fight yet but we have to learn and understand that we can't make the same mistakes anymore.
'We need to make an effort to further improve and be able to fight for trophies!'
Fernandes came in for criticism after the match from United icon Roy Keane, who was covering the game as a pundit for Sky Sports.
He questioned comparisons between Fernandes and Eric Cantona, suggesting that no real link can be drawn between the pair until the Portuguese can start helping his side to lift trophies.
Fernandes has made an incredible start to life at United, with his stats for scoring and assisting showing the influence he has from the middle of the par.
Indeed, his high numbers across the park bear an uncanny resemblance to those of Cantona when he began life at Old Trafford. However, Keane says the comparison is not warranted.
'It's not easy winning football trophies. Fernandes has had great praise for the last few months and people have been comparing him to [Eric] Cantona etc. Fernandes didn't really do much tonight,' said the former Sunderland boss.
'The top players turn up in the big occasions. And that's what the Cantona's used to do – they get their hands on trophies. That's where this team are a little bit short.
'They probably need one or two more players to come into this squad, no doubt, and they need the mentality and confidence of winning a semi-final to get them over the line.
'You then get momentum and they just didn't quite have it tonight.'
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Our major problem is that we dont have strickers worthy of semi finals or finals. No disrespect but Rashford, Martials & Greenwood dont have the capability to win games in such difficult stage of the game. Rashford may be a good striker but lacks a bit of experience in such stages. He needs a good striker who can pair with him up front and be banging goals together. I know he is heading to the right direction but he just have to be less selfish at times. Martial, i have said it, will never be that which most of his fans want him to be. He is a fluke & not a consistent scorer, one who can only manage to score 2 goals in 10 games and he finds it difficult when he is playing against a top team. Martial is deteriorating & not what he use to be in his first 2-3 seasons with us. Greenwood is still learning the ropes & i think he should be given more game time so that he can be matured. If he was given more game time & not withdrawn when he started banging goals, i believe that he would have grown into it & become a menace to defender but now he hardly makes any impact when brought in or even starts games. Maybe he needs confidence & the freedom to do what he does best. We have a good midfield, we also have an average defence or maybe a bit more than an average defence but what we dont have is a good strike team. one can tell when they look at our teams highest goal scorer. Until the striker issue is attended to, we will continue to be 3rd best or 4th best. I dont see the emergence of Traore changing things because he may be thrown into under 23 team since he is not yet tried & tested, for we all know that is what Ole believes in