Liverpool manager Arne Slot described Tuesday's Champions League shootout decline on penalties to Paris St-Germain as "the ideal recreation of soccer I've been associated with", Regardless of his aspect exiting the competition Because of this.
Just after losing previous 7 days's to start with leg 1-0 in Paris, the site visitors levelled the tie at Anfield on mixture as a result of Ousmane Dembele's twelfth-minute strike.
Liverpool had a lot of likelihood to attain themselves, but the game went to additional time and was decided on spot-kicks, the place PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones, in advance of Drive Doue fired home to seal a 4-one success.
"It was the very best sport of football I have at any time been linked to," Slot reported on Amazon Key.
"It absolutely was an unbelievable effectiveness, particularly if you Assess it with very last week. Perhaps we ran out of luck as the margins were being so compact.
"We performed an ideal match, except for scoring a goal. It absolutely was just like Paris previous week, when they performed the right game and failed to score. And then in overtime, they have been perhaps a bit superior."
Defeat leaves Liverpool using a domestic double to Participate in for.
By using a fifteen-level lead at the highest, the Reds are all but specific of profitable the Premier League, even though they encounter Newcastle during the Carabao Cup last at Wembley on Sunday.
"We were being pretty good and you want to go as significantly as possible, but we understood when we drew Paris that it had been gonna be very difficult," admitted Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.
"In Paris, we struggled but we gained. These days we saw an excellent Liverpool side, but we're out on the Level of competition."
Scotland left-again Andy Robertson stated the main focus will turn to Newcastle now as he additional: "It was not intended being and we have to dust ourselves down. We constantly get better, there is a large amount of drained legs in there. Cup finals, we enjoy them, and that's the largest match."
PSG boss Luis Enrique felt Liverpool ended up unfortunate as he said: "Both in the groups deserve to Visit the following stage.
"They performed a lot better than us right here, but I believe my staff at Anfield, within a Exclusive stadium showed terrific temperament and character.
"I think it reveals Obviously the workforce we're."