Liverpool has been dumped out of the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain after losing to Luis Enrique’s side on penalties.
After somehow coming away from the first leg in the French capital with a 1-0 lead on aggregate following Harvey Elliott’s late winner and Alisson’s heroics in net, Liverpool found themselves 1-0 down in the return leg after just 12 minutes at Anfield.
PSG forward Ousmane Dembele managed to bundle the ball home past Alisson in the Liverpool net following a mix-up at the back to give Luis Enrique’s side the lead. However, despite the first-half goal, PSG were unable to find a winner, while Liverpool failed to create any real opportunities to take control of the tie.
In the end, it came down to a penalty shootout, with Mohamed Salah and Vitinha both scoring for their respective sides with the opening two spot kicks. However, while Gonçalo Ramos dispatched his penalty, Darwin Nunez had his saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
The Uruguayan forward looked inconsolable walking back to his teammates who tried to comfort the Liverpool striker following his miss. Dembele then stepped up to fire home his penalty, before Donnarumma again saved a spot kick, this time from Curtis Jones.
And after Jones’ miss, Desire Doue scored from the spot to dump Liverpool out of the Champions League. The Reds had topped the Champions League’s new league phase table after winning seven of their eight games prior to the knockout stages.
However, they will now have to pick themselves up for the Carabao Cup final on Sunday at Wembley against Newcastle United – a game they will potentially have to play without star right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Speaking after the game, Arne Slot confirmed Alexander-Arnold, who went off in the second half after landing awkwardly on the sidelined, could miss the final. He also added Ibrahima Konate, who went off in extra time, was substituted due to being tired.
“Konate was just tired but with Trent I’d be surprised if he played on Sunday,” said Slot following the defeat to PSG.
