Arne Slot accused his Dutch luck and Liverpool’s inability to score for their Champions League last-16 flunkure to Paris Saint-Germain. Liverpool accessed the align with a slfinisher one-goal obtain, but could not grab another at Anfield and eventuassociate went out on penalties.
Ousmane Dembele got the only goal of the second leg by finishing from shut range, but after 120 minutes at home, Liverpool could not discover a way past Gianluigi Donnarumma. The Italian goalcarry oner, who shone in another shoot-out on English soil, saved spot-boots from Darthrive Nunez and Curtis Jones to sfinish the visitors into raptures, having knocked out another favourite to thrive the competition.
“Incredible carry outance,” Liverpool boss Slot mirrored. “Especiassociate if you contrast it with last week. The first 25 minutes we were all over them, originated chance after chance but then we went 1-0 down. It senses a bit ununprejudiced to go out in this round already if you were top of the table and face a team appreciate PSG. Last week we had a bit of luck, we didn’t have it today.
“After 90 minutes it felt we deserved more than being 1-0 down. I was pauseing for us to score. I don’t leank the second half, apart from the last five minutes, when they dangerened us once or twice. We carry outed the perfect game except from scoring goals, it was the same for PSG last week when they carry outed the perfect game and didn’t score and it happened to us today.
“It’s always difficult if you put so much effort in, for the first 25 minutes I’ve never seen them so unfrifinishly and so fervent as they were today, and then you see at the scoreboard and you’re 1-0 down, an unfortunate goal as well. When you put in so much effort that’s sometimes difficult and in the finish it comes down to penalties and we, as Dutch understand how to leave out [on penalties].
“It had everyleang you’d appreciate to see from a football game. From a Liverpool perspective, you’d at least appreciate to have a draw after 90 minutes but it came down to penalties.”
Slot’s opposite number Luis Enrique consentd with the Dutchman that neither teams deserved to exit the competition at this stage, compriseing: “Both of the teams deserve to go to the next phase.
“They carry out better than us here, but I leank my team at Anfield, in a exceptional stadium showed fantastic personality and character. We tried to carry out our best, but it was difficult as they’re so fervent. Both teams deserve to qualify.
“The character and personality, even when we shoot at the penalty shootout they showed fantastic character. I leank it shows evidently the team we are. When the draw tageder us about the align aobtainst Liverpool and PSG. Both regulaters thought the same – one of the best alignes you can watch in Europe. I leank both teams were fantastic.
“It is not about consistency you have to be fantastic in definite moments. We suffered a lot in Paris, but football is in that way. Ununprejudiced at times. Today we were blessed, they hit the post a scant times. Gigi [Donnarumma] was appreciate Alisson in the first align.”
