Nemanja Vidic took little satisfaction from his man-of-the-match performance for Manchester United in their FA Cup semifinal defeat to Everton.
"We're disappointed because this is a trophy we wanted to win," he told MUTV. "We played some good football and created chances, but in the end it came to penalties - and that's just a lottery. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. In the Champions League final we won but today we didn't score our penalties. You have to congratulate Everton."
Vidic dispatched his spot-kick with aplomb, even though it wasn't enough to prevent a 4-2 shoot-out loss, but he says dealing with the pressure of converting from 12 yards is "nothing new".
"I practise in training and I also took penalties for Red Star Belgrade and Spartak Moscow," he said. "It's nothing new, but there's always the possibility you'll miss, especially in games where there is pressure. I scored, but it's not about me scoring. The team didn't win. We need to forget this game now.
"We must take it and recover for the next game. It's going to be hard, but we have Wednesday's match against Portsmouth and we need to be focused. It helps that some players were rested. They are going to be fresh and I hope we have a good game at Old Trafford."
