The best sport I've ever been involved with' - Slot on PSG defeat

Liverpool manager Arne Slot explained Tuesday's Champions League shootout decline on penalties to Paris St-Germain as "the top activity of football I've been linked to", despite his facet exiting the competition as a result.

Just after getting rid of previous week's initially leg 1-0 in Paris, the people levelled the tie at Anfield on aggregate owing to Ousmane Dembele's 12th-moment strike.

Liverpool experienced a lot of chances to score themselves, but the sport went to extra time and was decided on place-kicks, wherever PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones, right before Need Doue fired home to seal a 4-1 results.

"It had been the most beneficial sport of football I have ever been involved with," Slot explained on Amazon Key.

"It had been an unbelievable performance, especially if you Examine it with previous week. Perhaps we ran from luck because the margins ended up so modest.

"We played the best match, apart from scoring a purpose. It had been comparable to Paris past 7 days, whenever they performed the proper video game and did not score. And then in time beyond regulation, they had been maybe a bit better."

Defeat leaves Liverpool with a domestic double to Perform for.

Having a 15-level guide at the very best, the Reds are all but certain of successful the Leading League, when they deal with Newcastle while in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.

"We were being pretty good and you want to go as significantly as is possible, but we understood after we drew Paris that it was gonna be very difficult," admitted Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.

"In Paris, we struggled but we gained. Now we saw an excellent Liverpool side, but we're out on the Levels of competition."

Scotland still left-again Andy Robertson explained the focus will convert to Newcastle now as he included: "It wasn't intended for being and we must dust ourselves down. We constantly get better, there's a great deal of worn out 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 claimed: "Both of the groups deserve to go to the next phase.

"They performed much better than us in this article, but I do think my workforce at Anfield, in a Particular stadium showed good personality and character.

"I think it shows clearly the team we are."

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