Liverpool boss Arne Slot described Tuesday's Champions League shootout reduction on penalties to Paris St-Germain as "the ideal recreation of soccer I have been involved in", Regardless of his side exiting the Level of competition Due to this fact.
Following dropping past week's 1st leg one-0 in Paris, the site visitors levelled the tie at Anfield on combination owing to Ousmane Dembele's 12th-moment strike.
Liverpool experienced a lot of probabilities to attain by themselves, but the sport went to time beyond regulation and was decided on place-kicks, in which PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones, just before Motivation Doue fired house to seal a 4-1 results.
"It absolutely was the very best recreation of football I have ever been involved in," Slot stated on Amazon Primary.
"It was an incredible overall performance, especially if you Evaluate it with last week. Maybe we ran outside of luck as the margins were being so modest.
"We performed the best video game, except for scoring a goal. It absolutely was much like Paris last 7 days, whenever they played the best video game and did not rating. And then in additional time, they were maybe a little bit greater."
Defeat leaves Liverpool that has a domestic double to Participate in for.
Which has a 15-stage lead at the very best, the Reds are all but specified of winning the Leading League, though they face Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.
"We were very good and you ought to go as considerably as you possibly can, but we realized whenever we drew Paris that it was destined to be very hard," admitted Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.
"In Paris, we struggled but we received. These days we noticed an excellent Liverpool aspect, but we are out with the Competitors."
Scotland remaining-back Andy Robertson claimed the focus will transform to Newcastle now as he additional: "It was not intended being and we need to dust ourselves down. We constantly get better, there's a lot of exhausted legs in there. Cup finals, we enjoy them, and that's the most significant recreation."
PSG manager Luis Enrique felt Liverpool ended up unfortunate as he mentioned: "Equally of your groups need to go to the following stage.
"They played better than us here, but I think my workforce at Anfield, in a very Distinctive stadium confirmed wonderful character and character.
"I believe it shows Plainly the group we're."