Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel was proud of his role in their Carling Cup final victory.

Skrtel, who brought Liverpool level at 1-1, also hoped the Carling Cup would be followed by many more trophies.

"It was a great game in a beautiful stadium with an unbelievable atmosphere," the defender said on Sky Sports 1.

"I think we deserved it. It wasn't easy because they equalised with two minutes to go, but we just tried to keep our heads up and we got it on penalties.

"I think everyone plays football for the trophies. This is the first one and I hope there will be more and more."

Defender Daniel Agger was pleased the club were able to end their trophy drought.

"It was nice to win. It is a long time (without winning a trophy)," said the Denmark international. "This is what it is all about, it is what we work for every single day.

"It is always sweet, I don't think you can say it is extra-sweet. We are still in the FA Cup, we are pushing in the league as well.

"It is football isn't it? So we have to believe and we still have that and now we have done it we have to push on. Every single game is important from now until the end of the season, there is so much to win.

"We still have fourth place to fight for and there are so many big games coming up."