Spain manager Fernando Hierro took responsibility for his team's penalty shootout defeat to Russia in the last 16 of the World Cup.
Sergei Ignashevich's own goal was cancelled out by a Artem Dzyuba penalty and despite setting a new record for the most passes completed in a World Cup match, Spain struggled to create chances against Russia's rigid structure.
Koke and Iago Aspas saw their penalties saved by Igor Akinfeev in the shootout as Russia secured a famous triumph, and Hierro refused to blame anyone but himself for the defeat.
"This is sad, it is the way it is.