Liverpool Eliminated from Europe by PSG in Penalty Shoot-Out at Anfield

Liverpool had been knocked out of Europe by Paris St-Germain after a dramatic penalty shoot-out at the unsuitable finish of Anfield, with lots of the penalties not going in their favour.

After 120 minutes of high-quality soccer, throughout which Ousmane Dembélé equalised for PSG, the guests received the coin toss and took the shoot-out to the Anfield Highway finish, the place their supporters had been. Liverpool’s followers had been at the other finish by the well-known Kop. It was a tense shoot-out, and finally, it was Darwin Núñez and Curtis Jones who missed, each having their penalties saved by PSG’s goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who had been a nightmare for England at Euro 2020. Liverpool, who had been the dominant workforce in the Champions League earlier in the season, had been eradicated in the final 16.

Regardless of being the leaders of the Premier League, Liverpool couldn’t overcome the leaders of Ligue 1, PSG. The younger French facet pushed Liverpool to their limits in the primary half. Then, Arne Slot’s workforce got here again sturdy in the second half, however they couldn’t discover the purpose that might have turned the tie in their favour.

Liverpool skipper Virgil Van Dirk stated at the top: “It was a really intense, nice sport, I feel. Sadly, we’re out on penalties. We created harmful moments in each halves, however it got here all the way down to penalties. I stated it’s a part of soccer. You will be disenchanted, however we’ve to maintain our heads up, give attention to restoration, and prepare for the following problem – and it’s a giant one in opposition to Newcastle on Sunday.

“We at all times knew that when the draw got here, it was going to be robust. We struggled in Paris, however we received there and had been a lot better tonight. We had points with one-on-one marking in Paris, however at this time, from the primary minute till fatigue kicked in for either side in additional time, I feel we performed an excellent sport.”

Within the different video games determined at this time, Barcelona progressed to the following spherical with a 3-1 second leg win over Benfica to sum a 4-1 mixture rating. Bayern Munich had been 0-2 victors over Bayer Leverkusen whereas Inter Milan laboured to a 2-1 victory in opposition to Feyernord in Milan.