"Wayne has been fantastic for us. We can't blame Wayne. He has done so much for this team and he is going to do so much for this team in the future," said the Liverpool captain.
"I haven't seen Wayne but when I see him I will give him a big hug because he is my team-mate and he is getting no blame from me because I love him.
"I thought it was a melee and I walked away from it thinking Wayne was going to get a foul in his favour. He had two or three men all over him and I can't believe he never got the foul before whatever happened kicked off.
"There is talk of him stamping on someone. I'll have to have a look at it but you guys will make your judgement on it.
"Personally, I am feeling a bit numb at the moment. I am just gutted for the fans and my team-mates that I never scored the penalty but for the whole match we gave everything we had.
"When we went down to 10 men it was backs against the wall. It was a hard grind and hard work and I have never felt so tired in a game in my life.
"We did so well to get to penalties and then we weren't good enough and I take responsibility for my penalties. I thought we were going to go on and win it but their penalties were better than ours at the end of the day."