"It was fantastic to be part of the first England game at Wembley, but also so cruel not to see the game out," said the Liverpool skipper.
"We can take a lot of positives out of the performance and now go into Wednesday night's game full of confidence and hopefully we'll get three points, which is the most important part of the week.
"Brazil have got some of best players in the world, so you have to get close to them, to try and stop them playing. That was my job.
"They are always a threat with the likes of Kaka, Robinho and Ronaldinho, so it was a difficult job, but I am quite pleased with how it went.
"This whole get-together has been a preparation for Wednesday. Before the Brazil game we wanted a positive performance and a confidence booster to take into Wednesday.
"We got that - but now we have to go and perform and build on this to get the three points on Wednesday."