Juan Mata has urged his Manchester United teammates to move on from their 2-1 loss to Bristol City in the Carabao Cup quarter finals on Wednesday night.

Korey Smith's stoppage-time strike sealed the Championship clubs passage to the last-four, where they will face Manchester City.

Although Mata, an unused substitute during the match, was disappointed with the result, he believes United cannot allow it to dampen their spirits.

"When you play for a club like Manchester United every defeat is a massive blow for everyone," said Mata.

"For the fans, for you but especially for us. We suffer when we don't win because there's such a high standard in this football club to try and win every game.

"But we need to understand that defeat is part of sport and part of football and it can happen so it's not a tragedy.

"It's not good at all, but we need to move on and accept it as a part of football and keep moving.

"Obviously we would like to win every single game and we would like to try to do so until the end of the season."