Liverpool defender Kolo Toure is confident teammate Steven Gerrard will quickly recover from the club's FA Cup letdown on the weekend.

The Reds were beaten 2-1 by Aston Villa in the semi-final of the famous cup competition at Wembley on Sunday ending Gerrard's dream of playing in the FA Cup final on his 35th birthday.

The defeat at the hands of Villa have denied Gerrard the chance to potentially lift aloft some silverware in his final appearance for the Merseyside club but Toure does not believe he is dejected by the situation.

"You feel bad. It is always difficult when you lose a semi-final like that," Toure told Press Association Sport.

"The defeat is the thing. Of course we wanted to do very well for the last game of Stevie for the club but at the end of the day, we wanted to do it for the fans because this club deserves to have a trophy.

"He [Gerrard] is fine. Of course he is sad, like all the dressing room, but he has been in this game for a long time and he knows how to deal with these situations.

"Collectively we were not very good. Villa really fought and gave everything to win the game."