Southampton chairman Ralph Krueger says the board is proud of their run to the EFL Cup final.
Saints lost 3-2 to Manchester United on Sunday.
“We are extremely proud of how the team showed up and how they fought back from 0-2 down and in the end it is pain we will use as a club, but it is pain we grow from," he told talkSPORT.
“We are all hurting today but we are very, very proud of how they performed and our fans were definitely the better fans in that building last night.
“They gave the team such a push and it would have been easy for us to lie down and pack up and go home, but nobody was leaving Wembley yesterday.
“Our fans have waited so long for that experience and it has been a dream for me since I have been there to be at Wembley.
"We need to learn how to win those games and I think we took a big step in that direction yesterday, together with our fans."